Toys are important to a dog’s mental and physical well being. Some dogs love to play with sticks! I had a board-and-train mini schnauzer who was enthralled by all the sticks in the yard. I used them as distractions when working on her recall. Here is a video of my calling her away from the sticks to get a treat. She was in a big hurry to get the treat and back to her sticks, but she did come, which {Read More}
Free Initial Dog Training Consultation
September 26, 2014 by
A potential client called me to discuss puppy training and then asked me if I gave a free initial dog training consultation. I had just interviewed her about the behavioral issues she was having with her dog, and what outcome she would like to see from training. I knew enough from our conversation that this was the kind of case I could resolve and would take. My phone interview with her was the free initial consultation. The purpose of an interview {Read More}
Fort Lauderdale Dog Training Classes
September 20, 2014 by
This post is from 2014. These classes are no longer available. Fort Lauderdale based Love Wags A Tail is offering some innovative dog training classes in the neighboring town of Davie starting the first of October, 2014. Why take a Fort Lauderdale dog training class with your dog? 1. The most obvious answer is if you’re in Broward county and have a goal to train your dog, these local dog training classes suit the purpose. 2. You’ll meet like-minded dog owners {Read More}
Do I have to give my dog treats all the time?
September 18, 2014 by
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}
Dog Training Classes, Fort Lauderdale, Davie, Plantation
September 10, 2014 by
This post is from 2014. These classes are no longer available. 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, {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}
AKC S.T.A.R. Puppy Broward County
August 9, 2014 by
Are you starting out with a puppy and need basics such as housetraining, walk on leash, come when called, body handling, puppy biting and chewing help, and more? There’s so much more to teach a puppy and it can all be fun and games along the way for you and your precious pup when you train with us. Learn to bring up a confident puppy through Love Wags A Tail dog training. We’ll teach you how to train your puppy {Read More}
The Dapper Beagle Waving
August 5, 2014 by
This is an exclusive video Love Wags A Tail dog training obtained of 10-year-old Buddy the Beagle and his dapper wave. He’s definitely got style! If you’d like to train tricks with your dog, contact us to get started. Meanwhile, enjoy the video. By Helen Verte Certified Pet Dog Trainer – Knowledge Assessed Certified Trick Dog Instructor Google +
The Dog’s Super Power
July 31, 2014 by
One of the things dogs have on us humans is their sense of smell. Sniffing is their super power. Their sense of smell is 10,000 to 100,000 times as strong as ours! So wouldn’t you think, then, that one dog smelling another dog’s butt with a super powerful dog nose like that would knock him out cold? But it doesn’t and the video below tells why. By Helen Verte Certified Pet Dog Trainer – Knowledge Assessed Certified Trick Dog {Read More}
Housetraining Board and Train Dogs
July 25, 2014 by
Here is Dexter, the Silky Terrier, and Dior, the Yorkshire Terrier, showing off their Pebble Smart Doggie Doorbell ringing skills. These two kids came in together for board and training, specifically for housetraining in Broward county. They did fabulously and we fell in love with their flare for life. Do you have a dog who needs housebreaking in South Florida? One of our specialties is potty training dogs and puppies. Contact us if you’d like to enroll your dog in {Read More}
Dog Training Clients And Friends
July 21, 2014 by
While dog training and meeting up with rescue friends, I love taking photos. Lucky for me, my peeps are patient and indulge my photography urge. Here’s a compilation. Who’d have thought I could put a video like this together with some awesome Barry White music? But it worked! I have the greatest clients and dog friends, and they have super dogs! (So do I.) By Helen Verte Certified Pet Dog Trainer-KA Certified Trick Dog Instructor Google +
Train and Board South Florida
July 19, 2014 by
If you have a dog in Broward county who needs that special one-on-one training, contact us about training and boarding in our trainer’s home. We love our board-and-train dogs, and do our best to train them to do great things. We love our clients, too, and have a dog training package that will fit your needs or we’ll create one! By Helen Verte Certified Pet Dog Trainer-KA Certified Trick Dog Instructor Google +
Sun Bathing Dogs
July 9, 2014 by
Some dogs are sun worshippers and some are not. Some get sun burned even because they have delicate white or pink skin that get’s burned easily. I used to have a Dalmatian who I had to put sun block on before going into the sunshine to compete in obedience trials. I also had a black dog who did not like doing the long sit or down in sunny circumstances because it wass atllthe hotter for tehm What do you have? {Read More}
Snake Oil In Dog Training
June 21, 2014 by
I got a call from a potential client whose young dog was returned to them in a fearful state after having completed a board-and-train with a shock-collar trainer. Though they called it an e-collar, which is the nice-nice term shock collar trainers use to indoctrinate their clients into believing shock is a harmless buzz. It’s not. There are two ways to motivate dogs to learn. One way is through reward-based motivation, which is what we use at Love Wags A {Read More}
Dogs and Their Noses
June 12, 2014 by
The nose of a dog is amazing. As a matter of fact, olfaction (the process of smelling) is the dog’s primary sense. We mere humans will never understand how dogs perceive and interpret smells. The dog’s sense of smell is one thousand times more sensitive than our own. While we have 5 million olfactory receptors in our nose, the dog has over 220 million! It boggles the mind! So be patient with your dog when you’re on walks with him. {Read More}
