08 May Is Your Dog Tipping The Scales?

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Many times when I am training, we will take the clients dogs to the park for work on our loose leash walking.  More often than not I will see several dogs that are overweight and some so overweight I don’t know how they got out...

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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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17 Apr What Colors Can the Dog See?

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The Color Purple..From A Dog’s Eye Over the years many people have the belief that a dog is color blind, and only can see in black and white.  Well tests now have proven that old myth not to be true.  I’m glad, the thought of them...

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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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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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14 Mar Do You Treat Your Dog Like A Human?

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Why is it so many of us treat our dogs as if they are human?  The technical term for this is called anthropomorphism.  The actual dictionary definition is “the attribution of human form or behavior to an entity, animal, etc.”    As humans we feel our...

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13 Mar How Long Does It Take To Train A Dog?

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This is a common question of many owners, and naturally the answer varies as it depends upon the dog and the owner.  With our fast paced society it has turned many people needing instant gratification and instant results.  There is absolutely nothing wrong with that,...

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