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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20 May The Dog That Digs

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Now that the gardens are in, the digging has begun!  Something that is so natural for our dogs, but not a natural human like behavior.  We plant the vegetables, they dig them up.  It seems like it is a never ending battle.  It really is...

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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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15 Apr Puppy Biting

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As Bernard approaches the age of fourteen weeks, we are still suffering the wrath of the razor sharp teeth! When we were at an event over the weekend a girl came up to him to pet, and he nipped her hand. She was shocked that...

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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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12 Mar Problem: C H E W I N G

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Is your puppy chewing on everything in sight?  Unfortunately,  the whole world is a giant chew toy to them especially in the early puppy stage.  They chew to relieve pain from teething, they chew to relieve stress, they chew if they are bored, and they...

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09 Mar Teaching the Dog To Stay Off the Furniture..or “ON” the Furniture!

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In my house this is the common scene, the dogs sitting on the couch.  Problems arise when either my husband or myself want to sit on the couch, or heaven forbid when company comes.  We allow it, so it is our own fault that we...

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06 Mar How Can I Tell Why My Dog Is Barking?

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Does your dog’s barking drive you crazy?  We often forget that barking is totally normal for dogs.  That is they way they communicate.  Just as birds chirp, cats meow, our dog’s bark! Unfortunately, our dog’s don’t know how to control their barking unless we teach...

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