Here’s something you wouldn’t expect: The Unexpected. The Unexpected is demonstrated in this video of a cute and feisty 14-week-old Golden Retriever puppy doing a little something naughty and playful. Listen to the sound this fuzz ball makes! Adult dogs are able to exert much more pressure with their muzzles full of teeth than this playful puppy. But some humans don’t respect the capabilities or the unexpected possibiities of a dog’s muzzle. Some people think “But dogs love me!” No {Read More}
What Color of Dog Is Right for You?
April 17, 2018 by
Look at all the colors! I bought this set of beautiful gel pens recently because I love the color variety and choices as much as I love the variety of dogs and puppies I board-and-train. Depending on my needs and mood, I can choose a light colored ink or a dark; a flourescent or a standard; a bold or subtle color; muted or stark. The comparisons go on and on. But if I could only pick one, I’d have to {Read More}
Weston Florida Puppy Graduates From Board-and-Train
March 31, 2018 by
Ralphie, a Golden Retriever puppy from Weston, Florida, spent 3 weeks in board-and-train through the Love Wags A Tail puppy and dog training program. Ralph got the basics of pet dog manners taught during his short stay in doggy boot camp, and now his owners only have to reinforce what is already there. Love Wags A Tail’s board-and-train makes a puppy a quick study into being a great pet. This is Ralphie showing off his new behaviors in his board-and-train {Read More}
“You Don’t Understand Dog Training”
March 14, 2018 by
A potential client, let’s call him Tom, told me that on a call interviewing another dog trainer, he asked how the man would train his dog to walk on a loose leash. The trainer told him he used a pinch collar. Tom had specifically been searching for a positive, rewards-based trainer, which is what this man stated he was. But even Tom knew that meant no pain to his dog. Humane training doesn’t include pinch, choke, or shock collars. Tom {Read More}
Ball Machines And Dogs
November 22, 2017 by
If you have a dog who is fanatic about retrieving, he may like to learn to use a ball machine. No matter if a dog would like to use a ball machine to keep a fetch game going after his owner wears out, or if the dog only learns to use a ball machine as a trick, with most dogs, it takes extensive training. Training a dog to use the ball machine requires a chain of behaviors. That means you {Read More}
Thanksgiving Puggle Graduates Top of Our Board-and-Train Class
November 21, 2017 by
We enjoyed having Semi the Puggle in the Love Wags A Tail Thanksgiving board-and-train program this 2017. He is a fabulously smart kid, and he had a lot of fun while learning all his new behaviors. He graduated with a lot under his graduation cap and played hard with the resident kids as well. Congratulations Semi! Board-and-Train is an efficient way to get a dog on track to new behaviors. Join us! To send your dog to the Love Wags {Read More}
Halloween Dog Training Fun
October 31, 2017 by
Halloween greetings from Love Wags A Tail board-and-train dog training. We are enjoying the day with some naturally orange pumpkin-peanut butter homemade Halloween cookies for the dogs, and being a little bit spooky decked out in festive dog collars, burning candles in our jack-o-lantern candle holders, and doing tricks around the pumpkin patch for those cookies. OK, it’s a one-pumpkin pumpkin patch, but it’s a big one. We have other holidays up ahead of us. If you are taking a {Read More}
Bouncy Dogs Inform Their Playmates
September 4, 2017 by
When watching dogs play chase, be mindful of the bouncy play style, which is what we’re looking for. When dogs play chase, this happy, puppy-like romping informs other dogs that “We are playing! It’s not the real thing.” If playing chase turns into flat style running where one dog is being chased hard by one or more dogs, then it’s time to call everyone back in for a cool down period, or to separate the chaser/s from the chased. Flat {Read More}
Easy Clip for Your Dog’s Tags
August 13, 2017 by
I was tired of wrestling with my dogs’ tags whenever I wanted to change their collars. In addition, when dogs come into my board-and-train dog training programs, I always put a tag on them with my local information. All this tag changing proved to be frustrating with the normal split ring that tag makers send with their tags. I looked around to find a clip that would hold the tags securely and one which I could exchange from collar to {Read More}
Leaping Dobermann Targets Back Seat of Truck
July 28, 2017 by
My latest Dobermann is a board-and-train who needs multiple sessions a week in high-distraction environments. So I take him around town to train. He rides in the backseat like a pro, looking out the window and watching the scenery. But what he didn’t do with his bouncy, long-legged self prior to our drives around town was jump into the back seat of my F-150. I invited him up day after day, but it always ended with my having to hoist {Read More}
Graduation Video 4-month-old Skateboarding Mini Aussie
June 25, 2017 by
Love Wags A Tail’s latest graduation video with Smokey, the 4-month-old Mini Aussie, as the skateboarding star. To send your dog to the Love Wags A Tail humane boot camp board-and-train dog training program, for motivational learning with our cast of characters, contact us with your dog training, behavior modification wish list for more information. Helen Verte Schwarzmann Contact me Certified in Training and Counseling Certified Pet Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed Certified Trick Dog Instructor AKC STAR Puppy, CGC, and Trick {Read More}
The Stubborn, Willful, Spiteful Dog Myth
June 15, 2017 by
People call me with stories of their stubborn, willful, spiteful dogs, and the list of derogatory adjectives go on from there. And I understand. People are frustrated, and we are people after all, so we are going to think from a people-perspective. But dogs aren’t people, so they don’t think the way people think. Dogs aren’t any of those unpleasant terms we apply to them. What dogs are doing when they behave unfavorably is either entertaining their own interests or {Read More}
Categorizing Dog Training Food
May 21, 2017 by
When training your pet dog, have a variety of training food at your disposal. Prepping dog training food ahead of time is a sure fire way to be expedient at reinforcement when you need it. Having to prep food at the spur of the moment can be impossible. For example, when you are housetraining your dog or puppy, have a good training food at the ready so it is in your bait pouch everytime you take your pooch outside. If {Read More}
The Bottom Line To Success in Dog Training
April 29, 2017 by
Everybody needs motivation to learn, get things done, and sometimes, just to get out of bed in the morning. Our dogs are no different. Teaching them new behaviors or to maintain ones they’ve learned, in other words to listen to us, requires motivation. We at Love Wags a Tail dog training believe in motivating dogs through food. Not treats. Food. Good food that gets us noticed and gets our dogs and our client dogs to work for us. Reward based {Read More}
Board-and-Train Easter Egg Hunt
April 16, 2017 by
What’s more fun than an Easter Egg Hunt? A tuna fudge hunt! That’s the game our board-and-train and resident dogs got to play this springtime afternoon. Dogs love to use their noses, so we give them what they love at Love Wags A Tail Dog Training. All dogs are non-food aggressive and they know each other well enough to participate in this group activity. Of course, this game can be played anytime of the year, and your dog will always {Read More}
