Holiday Board-and-Train Photos

We are all about fun with training. The behaviors we teach at Love Wags A Tail board-and-train puppy and dog training can be used for many day-do-day activities including photo opportunities. We teach dogs obedience cues then their owners maintain and incorporate those behaviors into their own environments and lifestyles. I’ve dressed up my own dogs and those of my clients’ board-and-train pups for some spirited photos and a bit of holiday splash! Happy Holidays from Love Wags A Tail {Read More}

How Much Water Should I Give My Dog or Pup During Housetraining?

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

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

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}

Board and Train Imports and Locals

Love Wags a Tail Dog Training trains dogs humanely and effectively through our board-and-train program. We can meet your needs for training and behavior modification whether you’re local or long distance. If transportation can be worked out, we can train your dog through our program that teaches dogs to make the choices you want! Dogs love to learn our way and we love training this way! Here are two recent graduates. Izzy, a Podenco from Spain, was imported to South {Read More}