Comments on: Episode 74: Dog Myths

By: Mart

Mart — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 17:09:20 +0000

You’re kidding or you’ve just never seen any dog around a bitch in heat (yeah, I’m not gonna call her a ‘female dog’. Bitch really is the proper term).

By: Richard Berthlot

Richard Berthlot — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:07:03 +0000

Sherlock’s dog, Toby, was actually following a trail of creosote and was thrown off when it passed near the shipping yards where it became a similar compound was used to treat boats of the 19th century.

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 03:56:06 +0000

ammonia trail behind you, the LAST thing the dog will want to do is follow that trail.

By: MSpears

MSpears — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 08:14:06 +0000

They’re not so much ‘dumb’ as ‘stubborn’ and ‘independent’. It really helps to begin training when they’re still puppies.

By: Clara

Clara — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 23:17:46 +0000

how would female dog urine distract a vicious guard dog?

By: Chloe

Chloe — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 03:52:43 +0000

I never actually watched this episoide but it is intersting… @ Paul Malley – It comes down to training. No dog knows that a gun is dangerous until it is proven so if the dog is trained either to ignore the danger/fear or is never taught the danger it will charge (if taught to charge).

and kicking ANY animal is abuse. Taking pleasure in it is cruel and sadistic, having said that, the last person who tried to kick my dog ended up with stitches in their leg. Turns out she takes offence to people moving towards her rapidly.

By: John C

John C — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:19:05 +0000

I trained my 14 year old Basset to sneeze on command in a week. Her sneezes sounded fake but so do my phony sneezes. I was never able to train my daughter’s cat for 15 years to stay off the counters except when someone was in the room. Old dogs are just as trainable as younger ones and any dog is 100 times more trainable than any cat.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 04:35:40 +0000

At the end of this episode just as the theme music started it said dedicated to the memory of or it could have been something similar but it went to quick to read & was wondering what it actually said….

By: Dragonfyre

Dragonfyre — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 00:56:37 +0000

I agree with Sian…obviously a female guard dog would not react to the bitch in heat urine…but guard dogs are vigorously trained to ignore certain things, German shepherds learning faster. Electric collars are used to teach dogs that certain actions result in punishment, such as going after treats and such…law enforcement takes the training of canines very seriously…or it seems they should…

By: Sian

Sian — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 21:50:18 +0000

aggressive dog story: There were a pair of huge Great Pyrannees (sp?) on our country road who perked up at any vehicle/cycle etc and raced out of their property to chase it. I read a technique to deal with it and tried it. Whenever they raced out, I hit the brakes and backed up, effectively chasing them. By the third day, they would lift their heads when my car appeared, then lower them in digust. I could almost hear them sigh. My family did the same thing on their bikes, and we had no further trouble. My husband has since used the technique successfully while riding his bike on other assorted country roads.