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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Dog Bite Prevention Education | The Perfect Storm
The Key to Dog Bite Prevention Is Learn How To Read Dog Body Language. An 18 month old toddler gets the side of his face ripped off by a Labrador and I see it coming, able to do nothing. With my heart in my hands and the world seeming to stop, I’m a world away…
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Rescue Dogs: A Second Chance and A Life Well Lived
Rescue dogs don’t always get a second chance. “Can you please help me? Two vets told me to put my dog down and I’m calling you as my last resort” This is the most dreaded phone call a trainer can get. 13 years ago I got this call about Rocky, a 10 month old Border…
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Hackles Up? Means Aggression? NO!
Your dogs hackles up is not a body language but it is a behavior that causes much concern and confusion among doggie folk. Hair doesn’t talk yet it does tell the emotional state of a dog. The medical term for the hackles going up is piloerection. Pilo refers to ‘hair’ in medical terms. So, when…
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Dog Communication
Dog communication starts with learning to read dog body language. This is a dogs first language. This statement ‘You can’t bond if you can’t communicate’ is the biggest dilemma in the dog – human relationship yet, there is little to no awareness about this phenomena. It is an enigma; this dog body language conversation. Why?…
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Dogs Need Dog – Dog Play Time
One of the most fundamental elements of being a dog is having dog to dog play time. Playing with their own kind is as essential to their beings as is food. Without it they become difficult to live with. We have domesticated dogs but we haven’t and cannot take away their instinctive nature. Running, chasing,…
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Dog Body Language Is a Dogs First Language?
So, what’s a dogs first language? Body language, of course. In the dog’s mind, what’s the difference between these two photos? Nothing except how we respond to it. Dogs don’t speak our language. Dogs speak dog body language. Their first language is body language and energy. This means that your dog is watching…
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