Last week, I received an e-mail from a reader that had just adopted a pit bull puppy, but she and her son were having the problems described here:
We have a pit bull puppy who refuses to go outside. We have to drag him on a walk. Then, if we stop, he turns and runs back to our apartment. He knows the way from wherever we go. He was potty trained when we got him, but that is fading fast, because he won’t go outside.
The first thing I have to say is “Congratulations” on the expansion of your family, and I wish to extend a special thank you for choosing to have a dog of that breed. I have always said that pit bulls are not born bad, they are just raised that way.
Unfortunately, there was no age specification about this puppy, so I will have to do some guessing. Keep in mind that young puppies do not know what a leash is. Read the rest of this entry »
Recently, a year-old border collie named Suki contacted me about some problems she is having with her people and some things they are expecting from her in the potty department. She is in step with 
With winter upon us, I fully expected this question to come from my readers. In fact, I expected it earlier than I received it. This is a story all too familiar to me. When I was about 10 months old, Mom opened the curtains one day when it was time to go out, and there was this white stuff all over my yard. When she opened the door and said, “Get busy.” I had walked out onto the patio, and I turned back to look at my mom. Where exactly did she intend for me to get busy? 
