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: Retraining a Rescued Dog
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
That may sound a little strange - the concept that you show your dog leadership in the way that you feed him or her. Feeding is a primal ritual of basic survival that you can use to mold your relationship.. The best way to feed your dog is in one or two meal times per … Continue reading Leadership Feeding
So, as I drove away with Pete, I formulated a plan for bringing a potential 8-pound unhousebroken chainsaw into our busy household! My first priority was giving Pete a long, proper "Leadership Walk". When introducing a new dog to your household, it is imperative to walk him or her in a calm, follower mode for … Continue reading Pete’s Problems
My cell phone rang while I was out doing errands. "Hello?" "Hi. I'm here at the animal shelter, and I was trying to give my Chihuahua to them, but they said he is too aggressive...if I leave him here, they say they will have to euthanize him. They gave me your number and said you … Continue reading Re-training Pete
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