Why should dogs be fed on a daily schedule rather than free fed? 1. If you’re housetraining a dog or puppy, putting the pooch on a routine feeding schedule will help regulate the when and where of the output. 2. Leaving food out all day makes for stale food, but keeping food in a sealed container or bag prior to feeding your dog keeps the food fresh and tasty. 3. Food left out all day will attract ants, flies, and {Read More}
Housetraining a Playful Puppy
February 21, 2021 by
When housetraining dogs and puppies, keeping an eye on the puppy when he is let outside to do the job is important. Oftentimes, the puppy will find something more important to do than eliminate, as in pee or poop. Playing is an example! This very windy Sunday, my own dog, Emilie, played with Neto, a 5-month-old yellow Labrador board-and-train puppy, here for boot camp. They had a great time. Notice at the moment they started playing, Emilie, who is well {Read More}
How Much Water Should I Give My Dog or Pup During Housetraining?
October 1, 2019 by
This is a huge photo of one of my many hibiscus plants. This was a startling moment of an otherwise splendid day for me. I was looking outside when I saw this particular plant wilting noticeably. Startling because I water all of them everyday and sometimes twice a day. I got to work immediately and saturated the ground around this plant with water so it could drink from its roots up. The whole time I was wondering how come? Did {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}
Housetraining Small Dogs In Boot Camp
August 11, 2015 by
Sometimes I have puppy dog board-and-train clients who come into our humane boot camp program to learn a certain behavior, but they have a roadblock behavior in the way of our success. Such is the case for my little 1-year-old Chihuahua MinPin client, Valentino, who is smart, agile, and as lovable as they come. He also is very good at climbing out of ex-pens, but staying in an ex-pen is part of the Love Wags A Tail housetraining board-and-train process. {Read More}
