Sometimes, what gets in the way of either housetraining your dog or your already housetrained dog eliminating outside is not an obstacle you can train for, such as a tropical storm, hurricane, or other rainy day event. Unless you have a dog who absolutely loves the water, then when rainy days come along and your dog refuses to go out in the wet weather to go potty as usual, pull out your patience and usual habits and encourage your dog {Read More}
Housetraining Puppy Learns a Trick for a Treat
October 17, 2020 by
With Halloween right around the corner, conjure up some fun with easily trained tricks with your dog or puppy such as waving bye-bye or hello. Here is our housetraining graduate Havanese puppy showing off the glam ways she can flap her paw to wave hello to tricks and treats. ———- To send your dog or puppy to the Love Wags A Tail board-and-train camp for motivational learning with our cast of characters, contact me with your dog training, behavior modification {Read More}
Barrel Racing While Housetraining A Puppy
October 11, 2020 by
Luna, a Havanese puppy, came to board-and-train for housetraining with a few extra ounces on her. This puppy’s owner said one of the problems she had is her dog won’t walk in the heat, so the puppy doesn’t get enough exercise. She not only gained some extra Covid weight, but she needed a way to exercise her relatively inactive dog in the air conditioning. As I housebroke and trained this puppy, I also thought about the weight and exercise issue {Read More}
Professional Dog Training Help During A Pandemic
April 8, 2020 by
We are in an episode of history to-be that is remarkable. My mother passed away over 20 years ago, and I often think about what happened since then. She never knew computers, cell phones, wifi, all this stuff. And I’m not really into having to learn all the newest connection technology because there is seemingly a new app every month to set up meetings! I don’t want to waste my precious time. I’m a dog trainer, not a tech person. {Read More}
Dog Poop Bag Options and Housetraining
April 3, 2020 by
I’m thinking outside the usual poop bag in today’s blog post. We dog owners need a way to pick up the poop and the more economical, the better! Don’t get me started about people who walk away from the piles their dogs leave. When they do, they can be leaving behind a host of communicable parasites and disease in that pile. Be responsible. Pick up the poop and dispose of it. I’m a Costco shopper and found on the Costco {Read More}
