Here’s a fun, one-minute video of training bits of a behavior chain. What’s a behavior chain? It’s separately trained behaviors that when put together make a finished product. For example, teaching a dog to lie down, grab a blanket, hold the blanket, roll over, and cover himself. That’s a behavior chain: Many smaller behaviors that when connected, make one big, fluid behavior. The dogs and I train daily. They love training as much as I do. Here are those snippets {Read More}
Dogs’ Body Language In Santa Photos
December 17, 2013 by
When taking your dog for Santa photos be careful and observant. The white beard and funny red hat can be scary to many dogs. Unless you or Santa are savvy at reading dog body language, your dog may be put into a position where he feels backed into a corner, and may strike out with his only defense, his teeth. Reading a dog’s stress signals does take some education and practice. Let’s face it, humans and dogs have very different {Read More}
Potty Training For Dogs Fort Lauderdale
December 10, 2013 by
For local help potty training a puppy or dog in Broward county, south Florida, you’ll find guidance through Love Wags A Tail’s housetraining information. When a dog is pulling on the leash, it is quite a tough thing to ignore. Except when the distance of the leash, or in this case the Flexi Lead, is less than the space the dog can run in before actually yanking you off your feet. I remember over 15 years ago, I used to come {Read More}
The Name Game With Dogs
December 6, 2013 by
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}
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}
When Are Dog Crates Inhumane?
December 1, 2013 by
When are dog crates inhumne? I can think of five times. 1. When a dog isn’t trained to accept his crate at his own pace and have good feelings about his crate. If, instead, the dog is shoved into a crate, the door shut, and he is left inside, this is inhumane. Imagine how it would feel to have the same thing done to you. Panic? Fear? It would be a bad feeling. 2. Warehousing. Leaving a dog in his {Read More}
Broward County Dog Training
November 30, 2013 by
Are there days when your dog or puppy seems to be one step ahead of you at jumping on people, door dashing, chewing on shoes, furniture, or your fingers? Is housetraining your dog or puppy going a little slow or not at all? When you give your dog a cue, do you pray he’ll listen? Is your dog so hyper that he pulls on leash to rival any tow truck? Do you make excuses for your dog in public? Are {Read More}
Economical Dog Shampoo and Dispenser
November 29, 2013 by
I’m a penny pincher and am always looking for ways to cut corners economically. When I give my dogs baths, I like to have back-saving help, such as my Booster Bath. That tub I waited until I found a sale and free shipping several years ago before I bought it at its cheapest from Costco. Then I bought a big grill cover at Big Lots, they sell overstocks, and use it to keep the Booster Bath covered from direct sun {Read More}
Dogs’ Associations To Sounds
November 28, 2013 by
Here’s an interesting YouTube on how a Red Fox hunts for her dinner on Thanksgiving and every winter day. Imagine the energy she has to put out to do this! She has to be right enough of the time to keep up the strength needed to persevere. Her hearing is amazing. Her hunting skills are innate. What about your own dogs? How do they react to the common everyday sounds that mean something to them? Do they jump up {Read More}
Happy Thanksgiving Eve from Love Wags A Tail Dog Training!
November 27, 2013 by
Dogs have simple needs. A raw turkey at Thanksgiving would suit them fine. I have fed raw turkey wings, legs, necks, and thighs to my dogs, but when it came to turkey backs, those bones were just too sharp for my liking. Proceed with caution! By the way, if you find your dog is keeping one step ahead of you at getting to naughty before you can intervene, contact me. I can help even the odds with some awesome reward-based {Read More}
Thanksgiving for Dogs
November 26, 2013 by
If your dogs are going to join you in the Thanksgiving feasting on Thursday, remember to be careful about a few foods. Raisins and grapes, as well as onions and garlic can be toxic to dogs. So can an unattended turkey carcass if a dog eats all those cooked bones. Danger! And let’s not forget chocolate. The darker, the more toxic to dogs. Baker’s chocolate is the worst! It’s extremely toxic to our beloved dogs, and unfortunately, most dogs are {Read More}
Border Collie Stalking Behavior
November 25, 2013 by
Here’s something you won’t see a pack of Chihuahuas do for fun. Or a pack of Great Danes, Fox Terriers, or Golden Retrievers. Those breeds have their own innate specialties that is unique to their ancestries. And, as a matter of fact, if you try teaching them to do the Border Collie stalk, good luck. Border Collies have stalking software installed, and these BCs are showing us how it’s done. No learning is necessary on their parts. The behavior is {Read More}
