27 Feb Train Your Dog…Please

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Each day I am reminded more and more how very important it is to train your dog from the second they enter your home.  Being a professional trainer it is often hard to see the problems families and dogs face.  Sometimes it is an owner’s...

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26 Feb Becoming a Therapy Dog

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With just recently being chosen as an approved evaluator for the K9to5 National Therapy Dog Registry, I felt it appropriate to talk about therapy dogs today. Sometimes people confuse therapy dogs with service dogs.  They are not one in the same. A service dog is a...

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24 Feb The Dreaded Teenage Years

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Our dog’s teenage years one of the most trying times many of us face.  It seems we have just mastered the puppy stage of their sharp little teeth, housebreaking, and chewing on everything, and suddenly this teenage stage is  upon us. A dog’s teenage years can...

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21 Feb Does the Reward Matter?

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  Many owners ask the question as to why they should use food and reward based training, to train their dog. Some owners feel their dog should do something just because they have asked them to do so.  They feel the dog should be taught a...

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19 Feb Attitude Adjustment Needed When Training Your Dog

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We have been talking about leadership and respect the past few days, and  
I have been thinking about some of the dogs I have trained, and problems the owners have expressed with training their dog.  Many of these problems keep falling back into the category...

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18 Feb Regain Your Leadership With Your Dog

Posted at 20:25h in dog behavior modification, dog behaviors, Dog Obedience, Dog Training, House Training, Puppy Training, Uncategorized 0 Comments

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  Our last blog was a quiz to determine if your dog sees you as the leader.  If you failed, no worries, we all have been there at one point or another.  We may even be a leader with one dog and not the other, all...

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17 Feb Does Your Dog Respect You? Take the Test.

Posted at 20:21h in dog behavior modification, dog behaviors, Dog Obedience, Dog Training, House Training, Puppy Training 0 Comments

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Do you wonder what your dog thinks of you?  Do they respect you as a leader?  Take this simple quiz and find out.  Simply answer the questions with “often” “sometimes” or “never” then total up your score at the end. 1)  Are you ignored when you...

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17 Feb We Expect To Much From Our Dogs

Posted at 19:42h in dog behavior modification, dog behaviors, Dog Obedience, Dog Training, Puppy Training 0 Comments

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    When I meet with a new client, I always ask what their expectations of their dog is.  I want to know how they feel their dog should act and be as part of the family’s dynamics.  Here are some of the items that clients have...

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12 Feb It’s MINE!!

Posted at 21:03h in dog behavior modification, dog behaviors, Dog Obedience, Dog Training, House Training, Puppy Training, Uncategorized 0 Comments

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There is a poem about the “Dog’s Property Laws” that I know the author must have written just for my dog. Dog Property Laws – Author Unknown If I like it, it’s mine. If it’s in my mouth, it’s mine. If I can take it from you, it’s mine If...

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12 Feb How Do You Train The Fearful Dog?

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You have determined that your dog is truly a fearful dog, now what?  Fears don’t go away on their own, in fact they often get worse if left untreated.  Dependent upon the cause and severity of the fear, that will determine how effective the training...

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