17 Jul The Dreaded Teenage Years

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With Bernard at almost seven months old, I thought I would go through with first hand experience the teenage years with you!  Therw are many things that they face that some owners are often shocked about, but feel their dog has forgotten everything they have...

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10 Jun PLAY WITH YOUR DOG!

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Teaching the Dog Through Play If you stop and think about it what would be the easiest way, and the least stressful way to teach you something new?  Probably something that let you be yourself and have fun, don’t you think?  So why can’t we teach...

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22 May Is Faster Better?

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The Quick Fix It seems everyone today is so focused on time and urgency (myself included!) that we often forget there are many things that are better done at a slower pace.  In fact one of the cellular phone companies even has a commercial out now...

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10 May Talking Dog

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One item that fascinates me in dog training is the communication factor.  How is it dogs communicate with each other, but more interestingly is how the communicate with humans.  How do we know what they want without speaking?  A simple thing at breakfast this morning...

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02 May Communicating With Your Dog

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Telling the dog No! When our dogs do something that we don’t want them to do, we immediately say "No Sam" (their name), or hopefully no ma’am or no sir.  But what I have found is we are still not fully communicating with our dogs.  We...

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19 Apr Teaching Your Dog To Think

Posted at 13:57h in Crate Training, dog behavior modification, dog behaviors, Dog Nutrition, Dog Obedience, Dog Training, House Training, Puppy Training, Therapy Dog 0 Comments

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The Thinking Dog Did you ever look in your dog’s eyes and wonder what they are thinking?  Often I see my dogs lying outside in the grass and I really wonder what is going through their minds.  Is it some outside stimulation, is it dinner, is...

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08 Apr Are You A Control Freak With Your Dog?

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Surprisingly enough the majority of people in America are control freaks in some sense or another.  We don’t want to admit it, but it is true.  I can say it for almost everyone in my family in some way shape or form.  Now what happens...

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02 Apr Has Your Dog Food Been Recalled and No One Told You???

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Does what we feed our dog matter? I have been asked this question more often than not, and the answer is a very simple YES!  YES in big bold capital letters!  That is like asking the question does it matter what we eat.  It often amazes...

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22 Mar Your Dog: Did You Know?

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Canine Learning I don’t think owners realize how smart their dogs really are.  These creatures are amazing.  Just their senses alone are so far superior to ours.  We really don't give them the credit that they deserve.  We often call them stubborn, when in all actuality...

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19 Mar What You Should and Should NOT Do With The Clicker

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Introducing the clicker to your dog: First you are going to want to do a trial run to make sure that your dog is not oversensitive to the clicker.  Remember the clicker is not a remote, so don’t point it at the dog and click!  If...

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