While doing rescue in Fort Lauderdale, I’ve gotten some dogs in over the years that came with names, but didn’t know them. When I called their names, they never responded. Sometimes, people have a name for a dog, but don’t use it to interact with the dog. That’s a sad state of affairs. But what do you do when you have a new dog or puppy to get him to learn his name? Associations. When teaching a dog his name, {Read More}
Archives for December 2013
Dog Pee On The Christmas Tree
December 5, 2013 by
We give our dogs enough water, so let’s make sure that they have ample opportunity to release their valves when they need to and urinate. Holding urine for too long is detrimental to anyone’s health, our dogs’ included. A Christmas tree might be the perfect spot for our dogs to water from their personal faucets, so a little management to keep housetraining mistakes from happening are in order for this time of year. Remember, a dog may not know the difference {Read More}
Dogs Please Whom?
December 4, 2013 by
What’s in it for me? Don’t you find yourself thinking this thought when you are asked to do something? My mind automatically starts searching for something to motivate me into doing something that I may not normally want to do. I paved about two-thirds of my back yard with twelve-inch by twelve-inch pavers over a six-month period one year. The reason was that my back yard is full of rocks under shallow ground. Not good for the dogs’ paws. That {Read More}
Remember! Dogs Need Water 24/7
December 3, 2013 by
Dogs need drinking water available to them 24/7, for their health and it’s just plain humane, which is what we all want to be. Especially to our fur kids. By Helen Verte Certified Pet Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed, Certified Trick Dog Instructor Broward County Dog Obedience Trainer Fort Lauderdale
Novice Trick Dog Title Fort Lauderdale
December 2, 2013 by
This is a video of a dog I’ve worked with for years. She is quite impulsive, and also extraordinarily interested in toys for her breed. She prefers the reward of fetch more than that of treats. When I trained her to do a sit stay years ago, it was in split second increments. That she could keep her hiney on the ground for a one-second stint was a day to celebrate. Bit by bit, I built it up to the {Read More}
