Black Friday Puppies And Dogs
Every year, after Thanksgiving, we have the Black Friday sales. Consumers have wads of cash, and they are ready to spend. A lot of these purchases are in anticipation of Christmas. There will be a LOT of great pets to choose from. However, many municipal animal shelters are CLOSED that day and through that weekend. […]
A Dog Training Mess
Occasionally, a carefully planned dog training lesson… will turn out to be a mess. That is because every dog has a vote in terms of how things are going to go. Thus, in the middle portion of one of my lessons this morning, what I was trying to do went sideways. Now, I’m not saying […]
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Cage Free Dog Boarding And Rescue Facilities
I believe larger shelters and professional boarding kennels can accommodate cage free areas for pets. The keys to success are a.) proper and continuous supervision by the staff; b.) safety designed furniture and floorplans to prevent injuries or fights; c.) only allowing visitors who have been screened appropriately, educated on how to behave around these […]
Dog Training Terminology
I had a lesson today with a new student. The appointment was to deal with his dog’s separation anxiety. However, it wasn’t that. This situation was a good example of why it is important to know proper terminology and definitions. It is easy for uneducated dog trainers to toss around various terms to describe what […]
Do You Need A Watchdog?
“Some people prey upon other people. Whether we like it or not, this is one of the facts of life. It has always been so, and it is not going to change. The number of sociopaths in a stipulated population varies widely, but we can take a figure of one in one hundred, for simplicity’s […]
Real World Dog Obedience
What is the difference between classroom dog obedience and real-world dog obedience? Yesterday, I was working with a student who has a service dog puppy in training. We were at a public location, for the first time. What seemed like a simple concept turned out to be harder than she expected. She made mistakes, so […]
Do Good Dog Trainers Successfully Use Focused Intimidation To Fix Behavioral Problems?
Many TV and social media training gurus advocate purposeful and focused intimidation, coercion, and other negative influences to attempt to fix dogs. Is that OK and does it work? The first thing to consider is what types of problems would cause someone to ask a dog trainer to intervene. Generally, the problems we see fall […]
An Example Of Teaching A Dog Skills
I was hired a few years ago to train a young female pointer. She was about a year old when the husband took her out with his friends and their dogs to go bird hunting. The outcome was less than ideal. She ran all over the place, never found and pointed a bird, she wouldn’t […]
Dog Board And Train Failure
There was a dog that was very aggressive towards humans. The owners enrolled the dog in a board and train program, but it didn’t work out as hoped for. This medium-sized dog (about the size of a Labrador Retriever) was a rescue. Evaluation: suspicious of strangers; would violently bite strangers if given the chance in […]