Reward-Based vs Dominance Training: What Each Looks Like When Your Puppy Just Won’t Listen
You bring home a puppy, and within a week you have heard two opposite things. One person says to show the dog who’s boss.
Dog Training
The Five Basic Commands Every Owner Should Start On Day 1
If you’ve brought home a puppy or a newly adopted dog, you’ve probably noticed that the internet has a thousand opinions on how to teach your dog basic…
How To Care For A Senior Dog
Signs of an aging dog and what you can do to help them in their golden years
Show Aggression Toward Family Member
“Lack of Respect” Why would a dog show aggression towards a family member? After all he interacts every day with this person. This person is one of his pack. This person is one of the alpha of the pack over the dog. But wait is he? Again let us revert to when your dog lived … Read more
Preventing Behavioral Issues
When acquiring a puppy at a very young age you are kind of dealing with a clean slate. At this point your puppy really does not have any behavioral issues. You have the opportunity to raise your puppy to be a well adjusted member of society. That is not to say your puppy may not … Read more
How to House Train a Puppy in Four Steps (Without Losing Your Mind)
House training is the first big test most new puppy owners face, and it tends to arrive when you are already short on sleep.
From Chaos to Good Dog: Raising Your Puppy the Right Way, One Follow-Through at a Time
Your shoe is in three pieces, there is a puddle by the door, and the puppy who caused both is asleep on the sofa looking innocent.
Doberman – “The Velcro Dog”
I have to start by saying the Doberman is my favourite breed of dog. I have owned Dobermans for over forty years and to me they are a great dog to own. The only thing better than owning a Doberman is owning 2 Dobermans. Can you tell that I may be a wee bit prejudice? … Read more
Learning How To Train Your Dog To Do Tricks Can Be a Lot of Fun
Training a dog can be quite rewarding. The more you put into it the more you get out of it. Most dog owners will take the time to train their dogs the basic commands like sit, stay, come, heel and down. Often they will leave it at that but some dog owners like to show … Read more
Hearing Dogs For Deaf People
I read an interesting article online the other day about what a non-profit organization in Japan is doing about the problem of abandoned dogs. This organization, although they cannot rescue all the dogs, have opened a facility in Yokohama, Japan that will implement a training program for these abandoned dogs to be trained as service dogs … Read more