Once you’ve taught your dog a behavior, add distractions slowly, so the dog can perform the behavior when faced with a better option. For example, my two Dobermann and our boarder Doodle were out for exercise this afternoon, and my girl, Emilie, was the first to notice one of our marauding gopher tortoise friends along the fence line. She went into stealth mode and slowly crept up on it. This was a hard maneuver to watch without breaking out into {Read More}
Dog Training With Your Valentine
February 14, 2019 by
Today is St. Valentine’s Day and as far as I’m concerned, there’s no better way to share unconditional love than with your dog. They’re always ready with a wag of their tails for a new adventure. Here’s a sweet Labrador Retriever puppy who is a recent graduate of the Love Wags A Tail puppy board-and-train program giving us his all. Speaking of love, he had plenty to give and he also loved training. Of course, we offer some very tasty {Read More}
Intrinsic Puppy Play
January 13, 2019 by
Puppies can be very creative when they play. A lot of their behaviors are unique to their youthful curiosity and fade as they mature and heed their training. That’s good in some instances, such as shoe chewing, grabbing anything they can reach off nose-level counters, or shredding linens. Puppies need a lot of overseeing. For example, things can get dangerous if they find a plugged-in cord to be interesting. And Puppies can find cord-like items interesting. My own puppy, who {Read More}
Trade The Poisonous Pointsettia For A Festive Red Hibiscus Plant
December 22, 2018 by
I love the red and green color combination of the holiday season. And as much as I enjoy a pretty pointsettia, the plant is well known for being a poison to dogs. I love my dogs much more than to take a chance on having a poisonous plant around, so I went a different route this year. I bought a red hibiscus plant. Not only is the plant safe for dogs to eat, people can eat them too, and they {Read More}
On Course for Housetraining 123
December 20, 2018 by
When I get a call for information on my Housetraining packages, as soon as I listen to the potential client’s side of the story, I understand why the dog or puppy is not progressing on the housetraining. I can hear the clues in the symptoms the caller presents and it pains me to know that without a sound houstraining plan, the dog or puppy will continue to eliminate everywhere and anywhere while the owners get more and more frustrated. I {Read More}
