The holiday season tends to be very hectic for most of us. This means some of our usual routines go out the window. Unfortunately, for our dogs, this often includes training, walks and other important bonding and exercise time. When people travel without their dogs, many people see their dogs' manners and training take a [...]
When I am working with puppies, I always recommend using their regular food for training at home rather than using treats. Save the treats for the more distracting situations when we need something of higher value. I often recommend this with adult dogs as well, but many clients don't believe their dogs will work for [...]
This past weekend I met with a new client (November 2010). The client's father lives with them and asked if he could join us to see if he could learn something. The interesting part is that the father is 99 years old! First, just the fact that he's in such great shape at 99 is [...]
Do you trim your dog's nails or have someone else do it for you? Either way, life will be much easier and less stressful for everyone involved if your dog learns to happily get his nails trimmed. If not happily, at least tolerate it quite well so it's not a traumatic event each time. One [...]
Crate training seemed to be the hot topic this weekend for my clients. I had two private training sessions this weekend with dogs who have some separation and crating issues. The dogs are not ready to be left loose in their houses when their human family members are gone, but they are pretty distraught over [...]
