This week, one of my clients asked me, “Do I have to give my dog treats all the time?” The answer he wanted to hear was “no.” So I told him. “No, you don’t. But once your dog learns a behavior, and you never give him another treat for responding to your cue, then you’ll extinguish the behavior.” That’s how professional dog trainers stop dogs from responding. They never pay them for their work. If we want to extinguish a {Read More}
Archives for September 2014
Dog Training Classes, Fort Lauderdale, Davie, Plantation
September 10, 2014 by
Autumn Classes at Waterford Park, 15090 S Waterford Dr, Davie, FL 33331 THE AWESOME PET DOG Six weekly 50-minute classes $150* Wednesday Evenings at Waterford Park from 6:30 – 7:20 p.m. starting October 29, 2014. Do you have a pet dog that’s waiting to bloom into an Awesome Pet Dog? Join us in this class to partner with your dog to train the behaviors of sit, down, stand, stay, go to mat, come when called, and leash walking management. {Read More}
Loss Of A Dog
September 7, 2014 by
If you live your life with dogs, you will no doubt have to say good-bye to your beloved fur kid/s along the way. The sad fact is that they live accelerated lives compared to ours. But they still go through the stages of infancy, juvenile, adult, and senior. In all of those stages, your dog needs to be cared for and loved. As much as we laugh at the puppy antics our dogs go through, we need to embrace and {Read More}
