It looks a little like winter holidays here at Love Wags A Tail Board-and-Train. We woke up to frost on the ground and a chill in the air that was more cold than chilly! Our December puppy board-and-train graduate has gone home to show off her new obedience behaviors and her housetraining skills. Such a good Bernerdoodle! Red birds everywhere. Do you see three here? Two breeds of woodpeckers and a cardinal. And finally, one of my own dogs showing {Read More}
Stuffing A Turkey Shaped Dog Food Toy
November 20, 2020 by
If you’d like a little November Thanksgiving fun for your dog, there is a food toy on the market that’s shaped like a turkey. Food toys for dogs and puppies give them a way to spend their mental energies and is much like a pacifier for dogs. Food toys for dogs keep them busy for a while. Some dogs and puppies need training to learn to use their food toys. Make sure the food pieces you put inside are small {Read More}
Roadblocks of Housetrained Dogs
November 13, 2020 by
Sometimes, what gets in the way of either housetraining your dog or your already housetrained dog eliminating outside is not an obstacle you can train for, such as a tropical storm, hurricane, or other rainy day event. Unless you have a dog who absolutely loves the water, then when rainy days come along and your dog refuses to go out in the wet weather to go potty as usual, pull out your patience and usual habits and encourage your dog {Read More}
Dobermann Bath Time With Fox Squirrel Interruption
November 7, 2020 by
Here is something you don’t see everyday. A Fox Squirrel. This one was taking a snack out of the cup of shelled peanuts I leave for the birds. It also took its time, but I needed to give my dog a bath, so we had to interrupt. It wasn’t a huge confrontation, and the squirrel did more posturing than my dog did. Velken came to the bathtub for a piece of sausage, and while we got the bath done, the {Read More}
How To Put The 3-1 Petsafe Harness on Your Dog or Puppy
November 1, 2020 by
Sometimes the 3-1 Harness by Pet Safe can be a bit daunting to figure out, especially right out of the box. I use this harness with a lot of my board-and-trains, so I made a video to help my clients learn how to put the thing on when no one was there to help them out first-hand. I especially like the 3-1 Harness by Pet Safe for use with short-muzzled dogs such as a French Bulldog, who cannot wear a {Read More}
