Dogs live in the now and that’s one of the many things I love about them. I also love how dogs learn from associations. The key components of our daily routines help dogs learn how to adjust their behavior to best suit their needs. When I get ready for bed each night, I take the barrier to the bed away. I keep an ex-pen panel on the bed during the day because one of my dogs urinates on the bed {Read More}
Archives for April 2014
Bunny Ears on Your Dog
April 18, 2014 by
Would you like to put bunny ears on your dog, so you can take a few memorable Easter pictures? There’s a first time for everything, and this was the first time this adolescent Elkhound wore bunny ears. You can almost hear him howling, “Help me!” So how do we help him? There’s a little trick to this. And it works. Contact me if you’d like help with teaching your dog to get used to bunny ears, or any other head {Read More}
Cows Jump For Joy
April 13, 2014 by
It’s hard to watch this without wondering. Just because we have the upper hand in the way things are run on this planet and just because they don’t, is it really appropriate how we treat them and use them for our benefit? There’s more to cows than meat, milk, and leather. Apparently, they love life as much as we do. By Helen Verte Positive Dog Trainer in Broward County Fort Lauderdale
Walks With My Dog
April 8, 2014 by
I love going on walks with my dogs. Not taking them for walks, but going on walks with them. They have a say on what we do as much as I do. Why shouldn’t they? They’re part of my life, and I want them to enjoy their time on planet earth, too. One of the things dogs love to do is sniff. This is Dudley and he could take an hour-long walk in a 100 square-foot area if there were {Read More}
Dogs and Destructive Chewing
April 5, 2014 by
We call dogs who chew our stuff destructive chewers, but in reality, they really don’t know the difference between their stuff and ours. They have an internal program running that makes them want to chew, shred, express themselves. And sometimes the target of their behavior can get them into really big trouble, through no fault of their own. They were only doing what their hardwired dog brains told them to do. With management and training implemented, however, the behavior of {Read More}
