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Bloodhounds are famous for their astonishing ability to track a missing person, whether it be a child lost in the woods or an escaped prisoner. Yet these are among the most “untrainable” dogs in the AKC registry.

How do they do their job if they can’t be trained?

Both puppies and older dogs love to play-bite. If you have a multi-dog household, you’ll see that your dogs wrestle, growl, and snap at each other. No harm, no foul — unless one of the dogs gets a bit too aggressive and starts a for-real fight. What if you dog play-bites you?

Ever seen a dog wearing shoes? The police dogs in Germany have already been trained to wear shoes; is a great pair of Gucci loafers in your dog’s future?

The 2008 Academy Awards are history, with recognition of superb film entertainment. But have you ever wonder how canine actors and actresses are chosen and trained? Here’s how they do it:

Kids love puppies! It seems they were made to go together like milk and cookies. By age five, kids can be taught the basics of how to train a dog. However, there are a few things to consider before you bring a puppy into your home with a young child:

Your dog watches everything you do. He reads your body language and tone of voice. He knows how you’ll respond to certain behaviors. Could you be training your dog to misbehave?

When you begin training your dog to obey basic commands, it’s necessary to understand that her instinctive defense drive may become a training obstacle.

Your dog acts and reacts instinctively, especially if she feels afraid or threatened; these are “fight or flight” instincts, exactly as people experience. You’ll notice this tendency when she’s a puppy, especially around mealtimes and when interacting with other dogs.

Here is a list of fight and flight behaviors:

If you’re uncertain about your ability to successfully train your puppy, enrolling her in a puppy training class is the very best investment you can make for her future.

In her book “Positive dog training,” Pamela Dennison describes the attributes of great trainers. After all, your dog’s successful training depends largely on your training techniques. Find out how you rate as a dog trainer.

Use this simple quiz to analyze your training abilities.

If you adopt an adult dog from a shelter, chances are she won’t be housebroken. Abused, neglected and abandoned dogs are seldom trained to relieve themselves only outside; this is a task that, as a responsible dog owner, you will need to teach your adopted adult dog.

Schutzhund (German for “protection dog”) training originated in Germany in the early 1900s to train German Shepherds as police working dogs and has since expanded to include other large, powerful dogs like Rotteilers, Doberman Pinschers and Belgian Malinois. Keeping to tradition, Schutzhund verbal commands are given only in German.

Good news; you don’t have to because dogs can already tell time. No, they aren’t wearing Rolex watches; dogs tell time strictly by instinct. Watch your dog’s behavior and you’ll see that he knows when it’s time for you to wake up, time for him to go to sleep for the night, and definitely when it’s time for dinner!

Dogs are a lot like humans; every person has gifts and talents that make them shine in some areas, but maybe don’t do as well in other areas. This is how people determine their chosen professions. For example, if you want to be an astronomer but are lacking in mathmatical skills, you’re going to have a problem. If you’d like to be a musician but have no knowledge of musical genres and theory, don’t plan on being the next American Idol. The very same is true with dogs. Depending upon your dog’s breed, she may take to training very easily, or she may not ever get what you’re trying (unsuccessfully) to teach her.

In a word, yes! Some dog owners and trainers are skeptical about a dog’s ability to manipulate a human; doesn’t manipulation take a higher intelligence level than dogs possess? While this is a valid point, every mammal (including man, of course) can differentiate between what is pleasurable and what is painful.