26 Nov Does Your Dog Tune You Out?

Posted at 23:06h in dog behaviors, Dog Obedience, Dog Training, Newborn Puppies, Puppy Training, Therapy Dog, Uncategorized 0 Comments

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Many owners will answer a big fat yes to that question. I hear all sorts of comments on how the dog is stubborn, won’t listen, has a mind of it’s own and so forth. However in actuality, many owners have taught their dog’s not to...

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05 Aug Housebreaking Still a Challenge??

Posted at 11:52h in dog behavior modification, dog behaviors, Dog Obedience, Dog Training, House Training, Puppy Training, Uncategorized 0 Comments

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I have received several calls recently from clients who have said they have been having issues with their older puppies and the housebreaking process.  Many have said their dogs are nearing a year old and still using the indoors as their bathroom.  Which of course...

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17 Jul The Dreaded Teenage Years

Posted at 00:11h in dog behavior modification, dog behaviors, Dog Obedience, Dog Training, House Training, Puppy Training 0 Comments

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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

Posted at 11:46h in dog behavior modification, dog behaviors, Dog Obedience, Dog Training, Puppy Training, Uncategorized 0 Comments

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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!

Posted at 21:33h in dog behavior modification, dog behaviors, Dog Obedience, Dog Training, House Training, Puppy Training, Uncategorized 0 Comments

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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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10 May Talking Dog

Posted at 12:31h in dog behavior modification, dog behaviors, Dog Obedience, Dog Training, House Training, Puppy Training 0 Comments

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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

Posted at 13:05h in dog behavior modification, dog behaviors, Dog Obedience, Dog Training, Puppy Training, Uncategorized 0 Comments

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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

Posted at 21:17h in dog behavior modification, dog behaviors, Dog Obedience, Dog Training, House Training, Puppy Training, Therapy Dog 0 Comments

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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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