I love my dogs and want them to be with me, all the time but I don’t always want to engage with them, so I teach them to Go Away, when I’m busy. It boggles my mind to know how many people either teach their dogs to lay on a mat or to go to…
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How To Prevent Dog Bites By Knowing The Signs Of Stress
Is your dog stressed at the vet, on walks, when she sees other dogs, when company comes? If so, you can help relieve her stress by learning how to recognize the signs and things that cause stress. Signs of stress in dogs are many and some not so obvious, but I can’t tell you how many…
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Puppy Chewing: 4 Easy Steps to Stop Destructive Chewing
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 Training: Who Really Cares?
Dog training is such a mixed bag of poo poo if you ask me. Why? I recently read a blog by a prominent trainer telling what his dog does wrong and why. Why would a dog trainers dog do anything wrong and why would he have to defend it. They were things like barking out of…
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Dog Greetings: How To Greet Dogs
Dog greetings can be wonderful or devastating to dogs and it all depends on them. Oscar is the cutest Labradoodle in the world and he knows it but he hates people coming up to him to say hello. He’s shy and takes a long time to get to know someone. I can relate. I don’t…
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I Just Got A Puppy. Now What?
Congrats on getting your new puppy! Here’s my advice. Do Nothing! Well, to you it will feel like nothing but once you understand the thinking behind this you’ll hit yourself in the head. DUH! How can you relate when you don’t even know each other? If you’re a parent I know you’ll relate to this….
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Online Dog Training With Skype
Online Dog Training It works! Online dog training really does work. I’ll be right there in your living room with you and your dog and I don’t care if you want to stay in your pajamas. Skype dog training is a very effective way for me to see your family dynamic, watch your dog doing what she…
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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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Positive Dog Training: What Happens When You Don’t Follow Through
Positive dog training is when follow through with consistency and reward. But what does this mean? Every interaction we have with dogs is an opportunity for teaching. So, when you don’t follow through you are teaching your dog that you aren’t serious, that it doesn’t matter if they listen to you or not, that you are…
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Dog Games, Tug-o-War, A Big YES
Dog games are fun and there is big misinformation with regard to tug-o-war. Does playing tug-o-war make dogs aggressive. The answer is simply, NO. In fact, this is one of the two dog games I have all my clients teach in combination to all puppies within their first week of coming home. Tug and Fetch…
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