It’s All About The Dog
Have you ever brought your car in for service to the dealership because it makes a strange scraping, thumping noise, or squeaking sound? You think it’s probably the brakes and hope it’s not something worse, but all you see are[…]
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Timing is everything! How many times have you heard that? Well, in dog training it’s not everything but it does play a huge part in modifying or eliminating the knee-jerk reaction dogs demonstrate when they see a person, another dog,[…]
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One of the first things I discuss with potential clients during a consultation and teach during the first lesson is that all dogs will be trained to walk on the left side of the pet parent. With the understanding that[…]
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What does a dog trainer do? If you put one hundred dog trainers in a room, I’m not sure two of them would attempt to train the same dog, the same way. There are probably an equal number of dog[…]
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Did you ever create a relationship that morphed into uncomfortable and suffocating? Did the love, fun, and caring start inching toward resentment and frustration? Remember that one day you felt like you needed to take a walk…by yourself…and breathe? Is[…]
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If you haven’t already started gathering your arsenal of tick and flea repellents and heartworm preventatives, now is the time. The most important thing to know is that not all tick and flea products prevent the ticks from landing on[…]
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All parents figure out sooner or later, preferably sooner, that it’s a juggling act to know when to be a parent and when to be a friend—when to be a disciplinarian and when to be supportive and encouraging. The most[…]
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Just as the relationship between parent and child has changed over the years, from disciplinarian to a more relaxed friendship, so has the relationship between human and canine. With this change has come a born-again kind of love for dogs,[…]
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When people think of little dogs, they think of cute, baby, sweet, innocent, and less work. Little dogs can have big issues, so I want to talk about some of those issues and clear the air about how “little dogs[…]
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