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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02 Jul The Walk

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Many owners don’t realize the importance of “the walk”.  Often I will here that their dog gets enough exercise playing in the yard, or that they just don’t have time.  Yet these are the same owners that have come to me with various behavior problems...

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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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16 May A Good Dog Trainer

Posted at 19:25h in Crate Training, dog behavior modification, dog behaviors, Dog Obedience, Dog Training, House Training, Puppy Training, Therapy Dog, Uncategorized 0 Comments

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The Qualities of a Good Dog Trainer There are some specific characteristics that you must have in order to be a good dog trainer.  These are must have qualities in order for you to be successful in training your dog. First and foremost is the ability to...

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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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26 Apr Keep Up Your Training!

Posted at 14:49h in Crate Training, dog behavior modification, dog behaviors, Dog Obedience, Dog Training, House Training, Puppy Training, Therapy Dog, Uncategorized 0 Comments

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Often owners fall into the habit of taking their dogs to classes as a puppy, and maybe even a few as they get older, but then they stop.  Practice is an important part of keeping our dogs behavior in check.  I am sure every one...

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24 Apr Hiding The Reward

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When working with marker training, mostly known as clicker training some dogs turn out to be way smarter than we think.  We teach them if there is a click there is a treat.  Some dogs go along fine with that and perform all we ask...

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19 Apr Teaching Your Dog To Think

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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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03 Mar Bringing the New Puppy Home

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Bringing a puppy into the household is often a very exciting time for everyone in the family.  The puppy is this adorable little ball of fur that just wants to nuzzle with you and sleep in your arms.  Usually they are about eight weeks old...

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