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January 2025 Issue: Spotlight on dealing with distractions
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 174 January 2025 Training For My Dog: Spotlight on dealing with distractions: Come With Distractions | Increasing The Difficulty or Distractions In Your Training: The Four D's | Dealing [...]
December 2024 Photos
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Dealing with Distractions in your Dog Training, Part 2
We discussed how to get started working through a variety of distractions when training your dog. Be sure to refer to our article Dealing with Distractions in your Dog Training first before you read through [...]
Dealing with Distractions in your Dog Training
If your dog is doing well at home with very few distractions, it is time to start practicing in new areas. Do not expect your dog to perform all cues under any circumstances as well [...]
Increasing the Difficulty or Distractions in your Training: the Four D’s
Once your dog has a basic understanding of a cue, we want to help them to reliably perform in any situation with any distractions. You want to begin to challenge them a bit at a [...]
December 2024 Issue: Spotlight on eating inappropriate / non-food items
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 172 December 2024 Training For My Dog: Spotlight on eating inappropriate / non-food items | Zooka’s ER visit and surgery | Stop your dog from eating rocks, socks and [...]
November 2024 Photos
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November 2024 Issue: Spotlight on Games
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 171 November 2024 Training For My Dog: Spotlight on Games: Zooka’s new game: Full Contact Fetch! | Zooka’s Rules to the Elaborate Game of Chase | Rules for playing [...]
October 2024 Photos
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October 2024: Spotlight on focus / tuning in with your dog
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 170 October 2024 Training For My Dog: Watch Me | Watch Me – Part 2 | Helping Your Dog Refocus with the Up & Down Game | Touch or [...]
September 20204 Photos
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September 2024 Issue: Spotlight on choosing your next dog
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 169 September 2024 Training For My Dog: Spot light on choosing your next dog: Should we get a puppy or adult dog? | Choosing the breed of your next [...]
Should we get a rescue dog?
When looking to add a new dog to your household, there are several ways or places to find a new dog. You could get a dog from: a reputable breeder a backyard breeder or puppy [...]
August 2024 Photos
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August 2024 Issue: Spotlight on leave it and Tails & Trails update – rock climbing walls, thwarted by the grasshoppers, the light brigade, and no-cost parking tickets GalleryAugust 2024 Issue: Spotlight on leave it and Tails & Trails update – rock climbing walls, thwarted by the grasshoppers, the light brigade, and no-cost parking tickets
August 2024 Issue: Spotlight on leave it and Tails & Trails update – rock climbing walls, thwarted by the grasshoppers, the light brigade, and no-cost parking tickets
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 168 August 2024 Training For My Dog: Spot light on leave it - Leave it | Leave It: Advanced | Leave Alone Baby Toys | A short video of [...]
Tails & Trails: rock climbing walls, thwarted by the grasshoppers, the light brigade, and no-cost parking tickets
Rock climbing wall is now open! Over the years, we’ve turned our farm into an exercise paradise: dog parkour objects, winding walking trails, shooting and archery ranges, an ax-throwing backstop, a horseshoe pit, Ninja [...]
July 2024 Photos
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Leaving alone baby toys
This article is part of our E-book, ASK THE TRAINER: Answers to common questions about dog training and behavior issues, including jumping, leash manners, aggression, fearfulness, and more. [...]
July 2024 Issue: Spotlight on Willy, a Goldendoodle from Canada
IN THIS ISSUE ISSUE # 167 July 2024 Training For My Dog: Meet Willy, the Goldendoodle from Canada who loves everyone he meets | A Willy Story: The Minnows in Ice Game and the [...]
June 2024 Images
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A Willy Story: The Scary Scarecrows
Willy is a Goldendoodle who boards with us at The Light of Dog regularly. We sometimes joke that we share custody of him since he's here so often. When dogs board with us, we keep [...]