Orphaned dogs who need rescuing, rehoming, and another chance aren’t damaged goods. Everyone of them has a story to tell and every single dog needs training to become a beloved companion. Puppies, adults, seniors are in shelters needing another chance. By adopting and investing time in your new dog’s training, their lives will be dramtically improved. If they don’t get training, they don’t know what behaviors will get them the attention they desire, so they make their own choices. I {Read More}
Golden Retriever Labrador Puppy Graduate of Board-and-Train
March 10, 2017 by
One of Love Wags A Tail’s recent puppy graduates came to our board-and-train program for the works. She needed to gain confidence, start housetraining, and learn the basic cues of sit, down, stay, and come when called. We also included a trick – roll over. Buttercup was afraid of things that blew in the wind, objects that were unfamiliar to her, and she was still deciding on whether strangers were worth her trust or not. She loved to play with {Read More}
Wholesome Halloween Treats For Dogs
October 30, 2016 by
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Relief In Housetraining
September 20, 2016 by
I will be moving soon, and I have 4 feral cats I’ve spayed and neutered and cared for, which I’ll take with me. My neighborhood has a multitude of abandoned cats. A Tom cat has been insisting, though, to be part of my cat clan. He is so persistent, by bumping my kitties out of the food bowl, that after months of this, I decided to add him to the pack, which means a neutering/rabies vaccine and an ear notching {Read More}
What It Takes: Preparation
June 15, 2016 by
You’ve got 15 essential items in your cart, so can’t go through the 10 items or less lane. You chose the shortest of the long lines. You’re next up, your turn is near! So you have your reusable bags and ATM card ready. Then the customer in front of you disputes the price on an item, which causes a procession of calling a clerk to go check on the price, which is found out to be labeled on the shelf {Read More}
Happy Mother’s Day
May 8, 2016 by
To all my beautiful dog mom clients and all the other dog moms out there. We hope you have a lovely day celebrating mothering, caring, growing kids up, no matter who your kids are.
The Expressive Dog
May 3, 2016 by
VOCAL EXPRESSIONS Dogs make sounds. Lots of them. Some are breed-specific, like the yodel of the Basenji, which resembles a howl, but yields a different vibration, apparently due to a variation of the shape of their larynges. A dog’s vocal expressions include whines, whimpers, snorts, mumbles, and growls. Have you ever heard a dog sigh? They do that too. As well as sneeze, yawn, grumble, and more. REVERSE SNEEZING When it comes to reverse sneezing, who’s better at it than {Read More}
Say Uncle Dog Training
April 22, 2016 by
When you were a kid, were you ever made to say uncle? That meant being pinned down, or put in a physical and emotional position that hurt, and until you said the word “uncle,” you remained in pain. I was in a position like this once. I was in 6th grade. I had a male relative, around my age, who was not as tall as I was, and somehow got a grip on me. “Say uncle!” he laughed. I refused. {Read More}
Vaccination Cookies
November 1, 2015 by
Dudley went for his 3-year rabies vaccine this morning to a Pet Stop location. Pet Stop offers the 3-year rabies vaccine for $38 total. You need a copy of your dog’s last rabies vaccination record to get the 3-year vaccine. “Rabies vaccinations should be given at 12 or 16 weeks (according to state law), boostered in 1 year, then boostered every 1 or 3 years depending on the vaccine used, and the state law,” says the Pet Stop website. Here’s {Read More}
Halloween Dogs 2015
October 31, 2015 by
Here’s a little fun for Halloween. A lot of these are photos of my autumn board-and-train kids. They are adorable, and so are mine. Helen Verte Schwarzmann, contact me Certified in Training and Counseling Certified Pet Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed Certified Trick Dog Instructor Your Board-and-Train Dog Trainer for Weston, Plantation, Fort Lauderdale, Davie, and Hollywood in Broward county south Florida
What It Takes: A Plan
October 15, 2015 by
This is the second of a thread of posts I’ll be writing for those people who want to train their own dogs by taking private lessons or group classes, going home, doing the work, and coming back for more. It’s about the right stuff to harvest in yourself to become a good dog trainer. You can read he first on patience in dog training here. Having a dog training plan ready for the behavior you’re training when you step out {Read More}
What It Takes: Patience
September 28, 2015 by
This is the first of a thread of posts I’ll be writing about the right stuff to harvest in yourself to become a good dog trainer. The first is what I consider to be the most important. PATIENCE. This is where the trainer needs to separate herself from the outcome of training. Do not rush training. Do not take the pace of training a dog personally. The dog sets the pace, not you. Let training flow as it happens. Learn to meditate {Read More}
A Dog’s Urge To Mark
September 21, 2015 by
Dogs are like people in some ways. Some have urges to do things that others don’t. For example, marking. Marking’s when a dog, usually a male, has to lift his leg just about everywhere to leave some of his urine for whatever reason he has. To let other animals know he’s been there, to flavor the environment, to add extra scent to someone else’s scent, create a boundary over territory, or something else. We don’t know exactly what drives each dog {Read More}
National Mill Dog Rescue
September 8, 2015 by
National Mill Dog Rescue “Sometimes it’s important to remind ourselves why we do what we do.” “Lily, wearing tag #251, crouched, suffering in a small wire cage at the auction. Breeding dogs were being sold to the highest bidder. Lily looked straight into Theresa’s eyes that day and asked for help. Theresa purchased Lily and promised to “shower her with love until the day she died”. For the next 15 months Lily learned about being a dog. She learned about {Read More}
Dancing Board-and-Train Dogs
August 21, 2015 by
These two babies belong to each other. They live in the same house and have a special relationship. She, the Frenchie, is very bossy, but the Chihuahua MinPin is extraordinarily athletic and crafty. They are my housetraining board-and-trains, and I’m enjoying every moment they are with me. Helen Verte Schwarzmann, contact me Certified in Training and Counseling Certified Pet Dog Trainer-KA Certified Trick Dog Instructor Your Dog Trainer for Weston, Plantation, Fort Lauderdale, Davie, and Hollywood in Broward county south {Read More}
