Is your environment teaching naughty behavior?
Much of what your puppy or dog learns comes from interacting with the environment. This learning includes information about the people, things, and animals in their surroundings. Each little experience is a lesson for your dog. How your environment teaches misbehavior...
Come Racing To Me
Owning a dog that does not come when called can be inconvenient, severely limit the amount of fun you can have and be extremely dangerous. My goal, when I call my dog is that it comes racing to me. Do you think these dogs can learn to come when called? Neither...
Fireworks – Dealing with scary sounds
Fireworks make the 1rst of January and the 5th of July the busiest days of the year for animal shelters because dogs that are sound phobic will do anything to escape the sound of fireworks. Escaping causes many dogs to get lost, hit by cars, or traumatized, but owners...
Face-Masks – How your dog perceives masked people
How is your dog going to react to strangers wearing face-masks? As Oregon re-opens, more people will be out, and they will be wearing masks. Many species, dogs included perceive covered mouths as being suspicious. Studies on human body language strongly suggest that a...
Hunting for eggs – a great nose work game for your dog
Hunting for eggs is a great nose work game for your dog April 13, 2020 Here is Easter Egg Challenge #4 our last and final Easter Egg Game. Our hunting for eggs game is a great way to give your dogs the fun of sniffing and finding treasures. GAME 4 – Hunting for Eggs...
Egg on a walk – Proof your dog’s walking skills
Taking your egg on a walk April 12, 2020 Here is Easter Egg Challenge #3 - Take your egg on a walk! Ok, you better play this game outside. This egg on a walk game will help you know if: 1. Are you controlling your dog or training your dog? 2. Is your dog really...
Golf with plastic Easter eggs to teach stay
Many dogs and sit and lay down on cue. But when it comes to staying put with distractions, they struggle. Our Easter egg golf game is a fun way to teach your dog to stay put with distractions. Ideally, your dog can sit or lay down for a period of time before you...
Plastic Easter eggs – Fun games you can play
Plastic Easter eggs are in abundance right now with Easter just around the corner. For the next 4 days, I will post a new game you can play with your dog using Plastic Easter Eggs. These game will be a fun way to reduce dog and human boredom. They also enhance your...
puppy socialization
Puppy Socialization is about inoculating your puppy against fear, stress, and anxiety issues. Socialization is about introducing your puppy to a lot of new dogs, new people, and new stimuli in the environment in such a way that it does not produce fear but does build...
Trust – how it affects your training
Trust – An essential part to successful training When it comes to any relationship, trust is an essential part of the best, healthiest most enjoyable relationships. But what does the word trust mean to the relationship you have with your dog? Dictionary.com...