People occasionally call me for help after having had bad experiences with dog trainers who’ve made no difference in the behaviors of their dogs or even made their dogs worse. These people needed help, unwittingly invested in ineffective and/or inappropriate training and lost money while their dog was handled carelessly. In some professions, this would be called negligent. But… Dog training is an unregulated profession, and formal education, experience, nor certification is required for a person to call themselves a professional {Read More}
Behavior Chains in Dog Training
December 21, 2013 by
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}
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}
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
