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June 2024 Issue: Spotlight On Polite Greetings
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 166 June 2024 Training For My Dog: Blitzen's Polite Greeting At The Door | Zooka's Polite Greeting At The Door | Teaching Polite Greetings | Polite Greetings - Teaching [...]
May 2024 Photos
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May 2024 Issue: it's Vizsla birthday month in our household, which means reflecting on adventures in raising, training and living with our pups
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 165 May 2024 Training For My Dog: Zooka Tales | Blitzen Bulletin | Raising & Training A Vizsla Just For Fun: April 2024 Pics Calendar: Classes and Events Schedule [...]
April 2024 Photos
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April 2024 Issue: Fun Trick? Or useful tool?
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 164 March 2024 Training For My Dog: Fun Trick? Or useful tool?: Touch or Nose Target | Teach your dog something new! | Find It – fun game AND [...]
Find It – fun game AND useful tool in your dog behavior modification toolbox
Have you ever played the Find It Game with your dog? Some people see it as something fun to do with your dog. Others see it as a way to distract your dog from [...]
March 2024 Photos
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March 2024 Issue: Spotlight on heel
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 163 March 2024 Training For My Dog: Spotlight on heel: Teaching your dog to heel | Zooka training session – Heel, Fetch & other stuff | Blitzen’s Breakfast Training [...]
Teaching your dog to Heel
Does your dog know how to Heel? Do you want your dog to be able to Heel reliably at your side? There are lots of ways to go about teaching it. Our preference is [...]
February 2024 Photos
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February 2024 Issue: Locations (harness station & place)
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 162 February 2024 Training For My Dog: Locations (harness station & place) - Trouble getting a harness on your dog? Harnessing Station, part 2 | Trouble getting a harness [...]
January 2024 Photos
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Teaching a Go To Mat/Place Cue – sending your dog to a specific location
Can you send your dog to a specific location? A kennel, a dog bed, or some other location? What cue do you use to send them to the specific location? What is your expectation [...]
Trouble getting a harness on your dog? Harnessing Station, part 2
In our previous post about a Harnessing Station, we discussed in detail how to set up a Harnessing Station for dogs who really struggle with the process of getting a harness put on them. [...]
January 2024 Issue: Spotlight on mental stimulation
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 161 January 2024 Training For My Dog: Spotlight on mental stimulation: Dogs need mental stimulation too – not only physical exercise! | Want some dog mental stimulation ideas? Here [...]
December 2023 Photos
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December 2023 Issue: Holiday success with “Off” and “Out” and More
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 160 December 2023 Training For My Dog: Teaching your dog the “Off” cue | “Out” is a useful cue with your dog when preparing your holiday meal | Set [...]
November 2023 Photos
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Teaching your dog the “Off” cue
Whether your dog is jumping on you, on guests, on the couch, on countertops, or anything else, Off is the cue to use. Some people use Down for this, but if you use Down for [...]
November 2023 Issue: Introducing a new dog or puppy to resident dogs and cats
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 159 November 2023 Training For My Dog: November 2023 Issue: Introducing a new dog or puppy to resident dogs and cats Just For Fun: October 2023 Pics and Video [...]
