How do I exercise my dog aside from going for walks?

2020-02-24T20:57:38+00:00By |Categories: Ask The Trainer Book, Dog Training|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

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.     Question: When we have really cold winter or hot summer weather, I have not been taking my dog [...]

Zooka training session – Heel, Fetch & other stuff

2020-01-30T20:02:41+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, Media, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Zooka and I have training sessions for most of his meals. At 8 months, he eats two meals per day. (We fed three meals per day up until 7 months old.) So we use breakfast and dinner as opportunities to train. Sometimes we work on "serious" stuff like Heel and Stay. Sometimes we work [...]

Dealing with your dog’s distractions: Zooka on a walk edition

2020-02-02T14:48:48+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Here's one of those stories about. . . things not going the way you planned, because it became more about dealing with your dog's distractions. I had planned to have Ed take video of the start of my morning walk with Zooka. I wanted to show what our normal walks look like. Not the [...]

Walk the dinosaur – I mean, the dog. Leash manners with Zooka

2020-01-19T14:41:33+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, Juvenile Delinquents Dog Book, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , |0 Comments

Remember the song Walk the Dinosaur? You know the song by Was (Not Was) released in 1988. Maybe you don't. I was an 80's girl. Play 80's music for me and I feel right at home. But I digress. . . Does walking your dog sometimes feel like walking the dinosaur? Some dogs quite naturally [...]

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