Distractions are Part of Life – Incorporate Them Into Your Training and Play So Your Dog Learn to Stay Focus On You No Matter What. It never fails. You carve out 30 minutes of your time to work with your pup, but the phone rings or someone stops by. Maybe you’re in the park but Fido is more interested in the good looking Doberman. Effective training  incorporates interruptions...

Submissive Urination in Dogs is not About Housetraining It’s been a long day. You come home from work and your dog runs to greet you, his entire body wagging with his tail. As you pet him you feel a warm, wet mess saturating your shoes or pants. If this is something you deal with regularly, You might be  dealing with submissive urination. Your dog is trying to tell you that you are ...

Spending Quality Time with Your Canine Companion The first time I went over to my in-laws home and stepped outside, I looked into their neighbor’s yard to see a German Shephard chained outside of a dog house. I was warned to stay away from him because he was not “socialized”. I walked right up to him and he jumped in the fence eager for any attention that I was able to give. This...

So you graduated Puppy Preschool. With honors. Your precious companion can sit and stay with the best of them. What’s next? Training doesn’t end when class is over. Like children, puppies need a constant and consistent message to retain learned behaviors and information. This doesn’t mean you need to spend the equivalent of college tuition fees on training classes for your dog. This simply ...

A Comfortable Way to Get Paws and Feet Wet and learn at Your Own Speed and Convenience When I was looking for help with my German Shepherd, Timba, I had a hard time finding exactly what I needed. We did the puppy class and the private lessons. But somehow it left me unsatisfied. I am assuming if you are looking for answers online it is because you can relate to what I went through and are feeling ...

Dog Training Success – It is all about communication! If you are frustrated with your dog’s behaviors watched the video below You see it might not be your dog’s fault and it is not yours either. We are two different species living under the same roof. But canines and humans have different rules about greeting, foods, behaviour and a different language as well. No wonder we ar...

Turid Rugaas, a norvwegian trainer has done an amazing work in bringing canine communication to dog training and to the general public. This is an extract from her book “ On talking terms with dogs” ” Think about the average day with your dog. You get up in the morning with a little tiny bit of morning sour and tell the dog off with a little annoyance in your voice. He turns his ...

Children and dogs can have a wonderful relationship.Yet when children get bitten by a dog is most often by the family dog. A dog will never bite out of the blue. There will always be a warning. Some dogs might be more tolerant than others but they will all give a warning. As you now know the dog will give calming signals to express his/her discomfort and might even growl a bit as a warning. Teach...

Exercise will keep your both healthy and fit and …. will keep your dog out of trouble Out on our morning walk, Timba and I were passing by our neighbors property. I was surprise that Jake did not rush to the fence as usual and barked his head off. Even though he has gotten to know us a little bit he was still making a fuss when we went by. Carlos and Maria were at the gate of their garden an...

Learning New Things will Keep Your Dog Stimulated and … out of Trouble I always thought that people that teach tricks to their dogs are just show off. May be some are. But  learning new things and experiencing new situations keep your dog stimulated. It does not have to be complicated tricks, it can be a new sport such as agility or tracking, games anything that make your dog thing and you ...