When you welcome a dog or puppy into your home, it's extremely important to work on preventing or solving the dog's possessiveness over its food bowl. Edna waits patiently for her food Step 1: No food in the bowl yet. Step 2: Have the dog sit patiently while it waits for its bowl. Use a … Continue reading Food Aggression
Category: General Training Tips
There are just three steps to train your dog to perform a new behavior. Get the behavior to happen. Whether it's a "sit," a "shake," or a "go to your bed," command, you just need to first either trick the dog into doing it by luring it with a treat, lead the dog with a … Continue reading Three steps to train any behavior
Edna is growing quickly, and learning fast. An important thing to remember when raising a puppy, or training a new dog, is that they are learning every minute. It is up to you to control their experience, so pup learns what you want her to learn. If you cannot control pup's actions, (i.e. you are … Continue reading Edna’s second week
Here is Havana illustrating the "runaway" exercise, where we introduce search dogs to finding a person. This works great for any dog to increase their speed, focus and willingness to obey the "Come" command! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_esCmKAU-U
As Humans, we can hardly fight our urge to talk to our dogs. Often a calming, therapeutical, and amusing way to interact with our pets, our urge to jabber can also be counterproductive to your training goals. Dogs interact with each other, "command" each other, "punish" each other and "reward" each other with body language … Continue reading Quiet control: “Come”, Jumping, chasing
Recently, I was talking with a friend whom I'd been helping to train her dogs. Her younger dog is especially difficult for her to walk on leash, but after showing them how to leave the house calmly, and to walk properly, the dog easily switched into a calm, follower frame of mind. A few days … Continue reading Fix my dog
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