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| answered a question | Any sitters able to give insulin shots? Good advice given above. When contacting a sitter ask the person if they have experience with giving a pet injections. |
| answered a question | How do you get a dog to calm down around people? Two things have worked for me. First, when you come into a room and you pup tries to jump up or gets too excited turn around and face away from the dog. The dog is trying to get your attention and you are withdrawing attention. Keep doing this until the puppy calms down. Often the dog is a little confused and will sit down to try to figure out another approach. That is when you give the dog your attention. Stay calm and not gush over the dog. This brings the dogs over excitement down to a normal acceptable level. Repeat process if the dog's excitement and exuberance starts to escalates. When meeting a person or another dog in my home I keep the puppy on a short leash. I hold the leash short so the pup is forced to stay at my side. This helps to keep the dog calmer in the situation. I also use this technique on the street. |