One of the fun behaviors I work on in between formal lessons with enrolled Love Wags A Tail board-and-train dogs and pups is catch. Unless I get a dog who’s been around the block and has already learned how to catch, pet dogs and puppies who arrive for training need to learn the skill of catching. Learning to catch is a good endeavor for your pooch and a skill to share with each other for a lifetime. To start, I’d {Read More}
In The Moment With Dogs
October 8, 2018 by
Meditation is proven to be beneficial to us humans. I sometimes wonder if getting lost in a project such as gardening, writing, or decorating doesn’t give us similar benefits. Both meditation and creative focus removes the “what-ifs” and “what’s happeneds” from our mental spotlights and replaces them with in-the-moment experiences. I only have to look to my dogs to see examples of this. And puppies, especially, prove to us time and time again, that discovery of something new can create {Read More}
Teaching Dogs To Play Inside and Outside
May 20, 2018 by
On a lovely Sunday afternoon, my dogs relax. Lazy Sunday at Love Wags A Tail Dog Training from Helen Verte Schwarzmann, CTC on Vimeo. Unless you’re fine with your dogs using your house and furniture as a playground, racetrack, or trampoline, then you’ll need to teach them that the inside of the house is where either no play is allowed, or play is subdued. Subdued play can include chewing on dog toys or food toys, playing a controled game of {Read More}
The Unexpected
May 4, 2018 by
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}
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}
