Puppy chewing is the biggest complaint of any new puppy guardian. Destructive behavior in puppies is not necessarily part of puppyhood. I am always surprised to hear puppy guardians say that they can’t wait to get out of the puppy destruction phase. If you set your puppy up to win, you will never have to succumb…
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How the Alpha Roll Can Turn Your Puppy Into An Aggressive Dog
There are many factors that come into play when we talk about what makes a puppy turn into an aggressive adult dog. I will discuss the training aspects in this article, only. It’s the early 90’s and I’m getting way too many calls about aggressive puppies. Pups between the age of nine months and a…
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Why You Shouldn’t Punish Dogs Who Behave Badly
I got this call from a client. I think my dog LULU has some kind of disorder. It doesn’t matter how long of a walk we go on, when she comes home she goes absolutely bonkers. She runs around like we haven’t just walked/run for 2 miles, sometimes longer. She jumps on us grabbing our clothes,…
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Dog Toys: How to Choose Safe and Appropriate Toys
While living in a fast paced world where both parents are working, we need to ensure that our dogs are getting the chew time they need as well as the mental stimulation. Luckily, there are so many toys and puzzle games to satisfy their needs to keep our dogs busy for hours. Dogs need to…
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Caution or Fear In Dogs: There Is a Big Difference
WHOA! Where’d that sign post come from? Fear in dogs needs tending to but if you don’t know how to read dogs you won’t know if they are afraid, cautious, excited or what; therefore, you won’t know how to help to them. Although we walked this same trail yesterday, today this sign post became a monster….
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Are You Your Dogs Benevolent Leader
What is a benevolent leader, anyway? Let’s start with a dictionary definitions and move from there. A leader is someone who leads or commands a group, organization, person and I’ll add an animal. There are leaders of music bands, in government, companies, ducks, lead mares and stallions of their herd, parents are leaders and there…
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Your Dog’s Sweet Spot Can Help Relieve Stress
A dog’s sweet spot is much more than where he loves to be petted. Rascal, AKA The King, loves to be pet on the top of his head with long strokes moving across his ears with a little bit of pressure. He’ll put his head in your hand or anyones hand for that matter, when…
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Predatory Stalking Dogs: Misunderstood
When a good game of chase turns sour. Predatory stalking dogs are no longer having fun, they’ve become overly aroused and anxious. Watch out! I was hiking this morning with a friend and her two labs, ages 9 and 2.5 yrs old. Within the first 5 minutes of letting all the dogs off of their…
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Meet Dog Decoder Affiliates
Affiliates are other organizations, schools, trainers, bloggers and others who we highly recommend that you check out to continue learning as much as you can about dogs and our relationships with them. They are in no specific order so enjoy meeting friends of Dog Decoder. The Dog Gurus: Learn about safe off leash play for…
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Dog Tips: Introducing a New Dog Into Your Home
Here are some very helpful dog tips for introducing a new dog into your home with your other dogs. Sadie, a 9 month old Golden Retriever pup came into our home for training to be a Service Dog. Knowing that she had the proper temperament for the work she is about to do, makes a…
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