Category: Training + Obedience

Canine Companions

Is Your Dog a Good Therapy Dog Candidate?

You love your dog. To you, he’s the goodest boy of all good boys; the top-tier pooch, the best behaved, the most handsome, and the best at play. Whether or not those claims are factual doesn’t so much matter to you, because all dog owners think they own the best

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Training + Obedience

Fun Ways to Involve Kids in Dog Training

Just as kids need to be taught boundaries, rules and manners, dogs need to learn the same structured way of life before he can “unleash” his full potential. While training a dog or puppy may seem like a “one (adult) person job,” most trainers will tell you that it’s smarter

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Health + Wellness

Using Agility Training to Ease Your Dog’s Anxiety

If your dog suffers from anxiety, we want to draw your attention to a potential treatment you may have never considered. Agility training for dogs may just be the ticket to helping your pup become more confident, tolerant, and generally, less anxious overall. Today, we’ll help you understand agility sports

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Activities + Adventures

6 Tips for Teaching Your Dog to Fetch Like a Pro-triever

Does your dog have a natural drive to retrieve? Truthfully, some dogs do, and some dogs…well, some maybe not so much. This is especially true for dogs like pointers, who may be too excited and interested in what’s going on around them to focus on a ball, stick, or prey.

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Training + Obedience

4 Strategies for Dealing With a Stubborn Dog

We all want that textbook classic “good dog”; the one who sits, stays, comes, heels, and brings you your slippers on command. It’s a cozy thought; you and your beloved pup whiling away the days together without so much as a chewed slipper or stolen toast at breakfast. Fortunately, it’s

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Training + Obedience

6 Signs Your Dog Needs Obedience Training

Dogs are one of life’s greatest joys. They keep us entertained, make great company and cheer us up when we’re feeling down. Owners and their dogs often share incredible bonds. However, adding other people or animals into the mix can complicate things. As much as many of us would love

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Training + Obedience

Resource Guarding: Causes, Prevention, Modification

You’re feeding your dog just like you do every other day when you  walk by to feed your other dog.  The dog that you’ve always considered to be laid back up until this point emits a low growl of warning as he wolfs down his food. Your other dog —

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Training + Obedience

Potty Training Problems? Perfect Your Process!

Struggling with potty training? Welcome to the weird, wonderful, and wacky world of early puppyhood development. Young puppies certainly don’t come into the world understanding that they need to toilet outside. Much like human babies, dogs go through a series of developmental milestones that allow them to gain control over

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Training + Obedience

Creating a Puppy Schedule + Routine

Your puppy thrives on routine. Much like a human child, when his routine gets out of whack, it can cause him to become stressed, cranky, overtired, or even much too hyper for his own good. Over and under-stimulation and sudden changes in your pup’s routine should be considered “the enemy.”

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