What are your dog’s ACTUAL biggest motivators?

2026-06-25T18:04:41+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, Juvenile Delinquents Dog Book, Romeo's Adventures|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

How well do you really understand what your dog's motivators are? In our blog post "What are your dog’s motivators or rewards?" we discuss what your dog's motivators are and how well you know them. As discussed in that post, we often think of things like food, toys, petting and praise as the main rewards [...]

Zooka’s Zoomies

2025-04-28T16:59:05+00:00By |Categories: How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments

Everyone knows what the "zoomies" are, right? A sudden intense burst of energy. We see it often in puppies, especially in the evening. Some are so predictable, you can set your clocks by it. Well, Zooka is well past the puppy stage. At the time of this video, he is a few months shy [...]

A Willy Story: The Minnows in Ice Game and the Upside Down Day

2024-06-29T17:51:21+00:00By |Categories: Dog Case Studies|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

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 a Boarding Log where we post daily updates and photos. We could write a book with all of Willy's adventures [...]

23rd Month / Weeks 97-100: Zooka’s roles as big brother and my assistant

2021-03-27T16:59:31+00:00By |Categories: How To Raise & Train a Vizsla, The Zooka Tales|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Zooka's 23rd month of life, March 2021, hits our 100th week of life! We don't usually talk about things in weeks by this point in time, of course. We don't even usually talk about it in months at this point. He's nearly two years old. Originally, I posted weekly updates since puppies change so much [...]

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 [...]

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