Dogs Bites Upon Children on the Rise

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta, Georgia, nearly 2% of the U.S. population is bitten or attacked by a dog each year. This translates to more than 5 million dog bite victims every year, most [...]

My Dog Bites – What Can I Do?

Ok, so you’ve got a problem. Your dog is using those shiny, pointy teeth of his for something other than chewing his kibble.

What can you do about it?

Well, as a concerned dog owner you need to figure out the cause…what’s triggering this behavior…I mean, if my dog bites, I need to know the reason right?…and [...]

How to Train your Puppy not to Bite

Bringing a puppy home for the first time is an exciting time and an exciting feeling, isn’t it? The puppy that you hold in your hands will give you and your family much joy in the coming years. But at the beginning, it won’t be easy because of the bad habits you’ll have to get [...]

What To Do If You Are Attacked By A Dog

In 2007, statistics reveal 43,021,000 households, or 37.2% of all households in the United States, own, on average, 1.7 dogs.
A National Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey indicated in excess of 4,700,000 people are bitten by a dog annually.    Of those, 800,000 require medical attention.    Nearly 368,000 victims require treatment at hospital emergency rooms.
If [...]

How To Stop Dog Biting

Dog biting is the most serious dog behavior problem because of it’s possibility for very serious damage being done to people. Because of this it’s of incredible importance to make sure that your dog does not bite.
It’s important to start early. A dog learns most of it’s habits in it’s first four months [...]

Teach Your Dog not to Bite Now

A dog or a puppy normally passes through the stage when they bite or chew on anything they can get their young teeth on. This is very similar to a human baby’s teething stage, or on the oral stage of a child’s psychological growth. A puppy’s teething can cause his gums to itch or hurt, [...]

Stopping Dog Bites

Last week, the third week of May, was Dog Bite Prevention Week.  Statistics are gathered during this week each year on dog bite activity. We hope that the numbers will show a significant decline over the prior year. 

Dog bites are mostly preventable, yet the numbers are bad enough that a week has been dedicated to its awareness.  So how [...]

Five Steps to Follow If a Dog or Other Animal Bites Your Dog

If an animal or other dog bites your dog, the possibility of it becoming serious is very likely. The saliva of other animals or dogs contains huge amounts of bacteria, which can certainly induce an infection throughout the wound. Even a little bite that does not look serious can critically damage your dogs underlying tissue. [...]

Every Dog Owner Should Know

The latest statistics have shown that dogs bite 4.7 million people in America each year.

There are 62 million dogs in the United States. Unfortunately, Americans are purchasing more fiercer breeds and are leaving their dogs more often at home alone, untrained, and unsupervised. Most dog bites or attacks occur when dogs are tied up long [...]

Training a Dog not to Bite

Training Your Dog Not To Bite

According to the statistics, dogs bite more than 4.7 million people per year. This unwanted, and often avoidable, behaviour, results in law suits, medical bills and sometimes dog euthanasia.
As with any dog training issue, how easy or difficult it is to train a dog to not bite will vary [...]

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