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Ask Tom, the Dogcharmer: Dogs and radios

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Dear Dogcharmer, When I leave my dog alone to go to work, I leave the radio on NPR, so it's people talking and intelligent programming....

Ask Tom, aka The Dogcharmer: For the love of a bulldog

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Dear Dogfather, I have fallen in love with a 60-pound male English bulldog. He is a beautiful big boy with the face of a mastiff....

Ask the Dogfather: Ziggy is afraid of new places

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Dear Dogfather, I have a question regarding my 6-month-old collie mix, Ziggy. I got Ziggy from the local shelter about two weeks ago, and have...

Ask the Dogfather: How young is too young (to train a dog)?

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Dear Dogfather, I have a 10-week-old pug named Menemsha. I was teaching him to sit when my neighbor told me I shouldn't start training until...

Henry and the crabby old man, and BMax, LC, and ticks

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Dear Dogfather, Henry and I live together in a single-family home. Henry is a 3-year-old wire fox terrier, and I am a crabby old man....

Ask the Dogfather: Mr. Z needs a pro

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Dear Dogfather, My husband and I are enjoying your dog column. We have a question and need your advice, and perhaps a visit by you...

Ask the Dogfather: A puppy named Bear

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Dear Dogfather, We recently adopted a 4½-month-old puppy named Bear. We are unsure of the details regarding his background, but we do know that ours...

Ask the Dogfather: A cuddly dog to help children?

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Hi Tom, A dear friend of mine suggested I contact you. I have a question that I am hoping you may help clarify. I am really...

Ask the Dogfather: Labs in need of door manners

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Hi Tom, I have a 6-month-old Labrador puppy who is overly exuberant when company arrives. When he hears a knock at the door, he barks...

Reliable recall for a boxer, and some tick talk

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Tom Shelby, who has trained dogs and their owners on Martha’s Vineyard and in New York City, answers readers’ questions about their problematic pooches....

Ask the Dogfather: Rosie the barker

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Dear Dogfather: I have a rescue dog that we have had for two years. We adopted her last April, when she was a little over...

Ask the Dogfather: What to do about Bosley?

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Dear Dogfather, I just adopted a 4-month-old puppy from a rescue group. Could you give me some idea of what I should and should not...

Ask the Dogfather: Hudson has issues

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A question for the Dogfather: Hudson obviously has abandonment issues, and fights his way out of the door when we want to go out without...

Ask the Dogfather: Is parenting a pup the same as parenting a child?

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Tom Shelby, who has trained dogs and their owners on Martha’s Vineyard and in New York City, answers readers’ questions about their problematic pooches....

Ask the Dogfather: Should we get a puppy? Should we get two?

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Tom Shelby, who has trained dogs and their owners on Martha’s Vineyard and in New York City, answers readers’ questions about their problematic pooches....

Ask The Dogfather: Rowdy German seeks guidance

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Tom Shelby, who has trained dogs and their owners on Martha’s Vineyard and in New York City, answers readers’ questions about their problematic pooches....

Ask the Dogfather: A letter from a yellow Lab

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Sore Dog asks, how do I avoid my owner’s cruelty?

Ask the Dogfather: Frightening lightning

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What to do about scaredy-cats (-dog)?

Ask the Dogfather: Sox and the light chaser

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Dear Dogfather, Sox, my strong-minded year-and-a-half-old bichon/Lhasa apso crossbreed, has finally learned he will be let into my fenced backyard to pee and poop when...

Ask the Dogfather: Puggle pathos

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Tom Shelby, who has trained dogs and their owners on Martha’s Vineyard and in New York City, answers readers’ questions about their problematic pooches....