
Destructive Chewing: A Simple Reason Why Your Dog Is Eating Everything In Sight Before you can train your dog to stop his destructive chewing habits, you must first identify the type of chewing that your pet is demonstrating. There are different reasons why puppies and dogs engage in this habit, as well as a variety [...]
Clicker Training 101: Basic Clicker Training Is The Best Training Tool Animal training is all about effective communication. The more precise, consistent and accurate that communication is, the quicker the animal learns. And one of the best tools to use is a clicker. Clickers are used to communicate to your dog, quickly and precisely, that [...]
2 Basic Commands That Could Save Your Puppy’s Life You may not be the type of dog owner who spends a lot of time training your pooch.
Problem Dogs Are Made, Not Born The personality of the canine develops most radically between the ages of 8 and 16 weeks. What the average family dog will eventually turn out to be is determined by the environment in which the puppy lives during that critical emotional time period. When an eight-week-old puppy comes into [...]
Leash Training: Your Leash Training Questions Answered Leash training is hugely underestimated by new dog owners. The process of getting your puppy or adult dog used to being on leash is fairly simple and just takes a little bit of your time. Trust me, this small investment of properly training your dog to walk politely [...]
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Posted on 14 January 2012
Dog Training: Correct Heel Methods (1) Once you have reached the level in training your dog where he is not fooled by distractions or temptation, you are then ready to proceed to the next level of training – how to heel correctly. If your dog cannot walk comfortably at your side, there is no way [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 12 January 2012
How To Walk 2 Dogs At The Same Time Considering that leash training one dog is quite a challenge, is there any way you can ever walk two dogs at the same time? Especially two large breeds? Even those feisty toy breeds can be a monumental challenge to control together! The answer is… possibly, as [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 09 January 2012
Leash Training 101: Do You Have The Right Mindset? Leash training your dog is much more than actually following a few steps and guidelines. It’s the actual mindset of the owner that is the single most important element. Success or failure, joy or frustration – all depend on how you approach your dog’s walking sessions. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 06 January 2012
Common Puppy Behavior Problems: Barking & Digging Barking is completely normal for any dog but it should be considered a problem if it becomes excessive. Most dogs will bark at strangers passing by, and this is to be expected. However, you need to teach your puppy that although some barking is OK, too much barking [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 04 January 2012
Car Chasing: Why Do Dogs Risk Death With The “Thrill Of The Chase”? The brakes squeal, the car swerves, the inevitable THUD of wheel meeting dog is followed by the sickening crash of the careening, out-of-control automobile. The victims? The dog, of course. The occupants, presumably. But who was at fault? The dog’s owner! Whether [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 03 January 2012
Aggression – What is Territorial Aggression & Why Does It Make A Dog So Angry? All dogs have one form of aggression or another and to some degree, it is perfectly natural. However, since our pets are domesticated then there is a certain level of calmness that we should expect from them. The most common [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 02 January 2012
Advanced Obedience Training To apply the word “advanced” in conjunction with obedience training might lead one to wonder how obedience can be divided. A dog is either obedient or he’s not, right? However, there are higher levels of obedience training just as there are higher levels of training to be achieved in school and education. [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 31 December 2011
Dog Training Tips DOG TRAINING – PEACE AT HOME There are many dog training strategies that you can try at home to have peace. You can learn dog training yourself and train your dog like any other professional dog trainer. To be a professional trainer, you need to be smart and learn a few things [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 31 December 2011
Barking Problems – Driving With A Barking Dog Can Drive You Crazy! Being stuck in the car during a long drive while your dog is barking nonstop is enough to make anyone crazy. Every moving thing that your dog sees past the window, including cars, people, even still objects like houses, are enough to make [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 19 September 2011
Adult Dog – Your Dog Is Older Now, So Treat Him With More Respect & Understanding You give your dog food and shelter in order to keep him alive. But there are three other things that he needs in order to stay healthy, happy, and improve the quality of his life. First, he needs regular [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 30 August 2011
Are Puppy Kindergarten Classes Necessary? You Be The Judge It’s time you make the right decision and enroll your pup into puppy school. Take the following example from a friend of mine, Jim Bonza: “Just before my neighbor’s 100-pound, 9-month-old chocolate Labrador Retriever was about the be thrown away to the nearest animal shelter for [...] Continue Reading
Posted on 21 July 2011
Off-Leash Training For those of you with dogs that are trained to heel accordingly, you are ready to make the transition into off-leash training. What You Will Need You will need two pieces of rope, five feet in length each. One of the pieces of rope should be strong and preferably made of nylon. The [...] Continue Reading