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The Light of Dog Videos

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Choose My Next Dog

Healthcare For My Dog

Train My Dog

Nutrition For My Dog

Products For My Dog

Adventures With My Dog

How To Raise & Train A Vizsla

Miscellaneous

Our goal is to positively impact the lives of as many dogs and their families as we can, in part through our extensive library of video, infographics and text articles.

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Choose My Next Dog

Meet Willy, the Goldendoodle from Canada who loves everyone he meets

Meet Tessa the Collie, a future therapy dog

Meet Iris, the Vizsla – find out how she got her name!

Meet Ginger, a German Shepherd / Australian Shepherd mix who requires lots of constructive stimulation . . . and patience!

Meet Maisey, a Corgi puppy who is well on her way to being a well-behaved family dog

Meet Fraser, an Australian Shepherd, one of our Zuzu’s best friends since they were both young pups

Meet Fraser, an Australian Shepherd

Meet Winnie, a “Bossie” (that’s Border Collie & Australian Shepherd) with lots of energy!

Meet Arnold, a Coton de Tulear, who loves his family and is very excited about making new friends

Meet Stormy, a Miniature Poodle puppy that is smart, athletic and needs physical and mental stimulation to thrive

Meet Duke, a French Bulldog, also know as “Houdini” and who loves the outdoors

Meet Jaylee, an older boxer who is very affectionate and snuggly

Meet Yeti, a Finnish Lapphund puppy

Meet Lando, a Lagotto Romagnolo

Meet Maizey, a Blue Heeler mix

Healthcare For My Dog

Train My Dog

Helping Your Dog Refocus with the Up & Down Game

Helping Your Dog Refocus with the Ping Pong Game

Muzzle training – not just for aggression issues!

Low stress nail trims with a scratchboard

Find It – fun game AND useful tool in your dog behavior modification toolbox

Teaching your dog to heel

Trouble getting a harness on your dog? Harnessing Station, part 2

On Your Mat 2

On Your Mat 1

Touch or Nose Target

Wait and Release at Gate, One Dog at a Time

Recall/Come with Zooka and Blitzen

Zooka's Polite Greeting at the Door

Blitzen’s Breakfast Training Session Including Heel Work

Can your dog control his emotions?

Does your dog howl?

What a tuned-in walk with your dog looks like: Zooka at 14 months

Zooka’s “play date” with the stuffed dog

Hiking/walking with your dog: Zooka, 10 month old Vizsla @ Dawson Butte

Zooka, puppy napping in his crate

Puppy leash manners on a hike, Zooka just under 4 months old at Snow Mountain Ranch

Zooka < 4 months old climbing on a tree stump at Snow Mountain Ranch

Puzzle toys and mental stimulation for a dog on limited exercise or surgery recovery, Zooka @ 15 weeks

Zooka @ 10.5 weeks, puppy training session in new places like a local park

Puzzle toys are great mental stimulation for puppies, Zooka @ 14 weeks

Zooka @ 10.5 weeks, safely introducing your puppy to new dogs

Zooka @ 10.5 weeks, what puppy walks should look like

Zooka intro to the puppy kiddie pool at 10.5 weeks

Zooka training session – Heel, Fetch & other stuff

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

Week 26: focus on ramping up training and expanding field trips; plus more SNOW!

Week 21: Training during Zooka's mealtime

Week 18: Training during Zooka's mealtime

Week 14: Door wait, learning obstacles, working on checking in during walks, a rainbow and stalking

Week 14: Zooka learning how to socialize with Stella on a play date

Week 13: Zooka training by working for his breakfast

Week 13: Timelapse of Zooka's outing at a local outdoor mall and greeting many different people

Week 13: Leash work with Zooka and allowing him to work through some trepidation with seeing dogs

Week 12: Introductions to obstacles

Week 12: Working for his breakfast with watch me, sit, heel, wait and crate training

Weeks 10 & 11: Zooka being introduced to a dog parkour object on the farm

Weeks 10 & 11: Slow motion clips of Zooka playing with Theo and a recall exercise on the farm

Setting up for a new puppy

Week 9: introduction to dog parkour obstacles

Week 9: Working on watch me and sit during meal time

Week 9: Zooka's first training session as a new puppy

Walking with your dog: are you both tuned in?

Long Line Exercise: Voluntary Connection

Demo of Parkour Skills and Giving Your Dog Choices

Making Good Choices: Zuzu and the Goats - Part 2

Making Good Choices: Zuzu and the Goats - Part 1

Loose Leash Walking, Part 2

Loose Leash Walking, Part 1

Crate Training

Tips on managing and monitoring productive puppy play groups

Does your puppy know “Sit”? Are you sure? (Hint: it’s about the context!)

Introduction to other dog for class

Introduction to other dog for class

Barking at the fence

Clicker training with a Corgi puppy

Cues & Expectations

Beginning training with 8.5 week old Romeo

Dog Body Language: Whinning

Watch Me

Catch

Here is a short video of Romeo's daily mental and physical workout routine, with some dog mental stimulation ideas that you can try on your own. And, some added help from Zuzu to make it more challenging.

Go around

Video of Sue demonstrating some of the tricks and activities she has taught Romeo that give him both physical and mental exercise.

A short video of the leave It exercise not quite working out as hoped with this Terrier

How I Use Off-Leash Control With My Dog

Off-leash control on a hike

Sit with a large dog

Watch me - Part 2

Loose Leash Walking Long Line

What is targeting

Jumping during play

Train in short sessions

Dog Body Language: Barking & Growling

Puppy Nipping Dog Training Video and Handout

Clicker Training Video

Dog Body Language: Biting

Dog Body Language: Body

Down: Troubleshooting

Find Person

Down

Teaching Polite Greetings with Visitors

Training Options: Capturing, Luring and Shaping

Management and Training for Jumping When You Arrive Home

Targeting with a lid

Dog Body Language: Dogs With Fluffy Hair

Leave It

Dog Body Language: Mouth

Fading out treats

Rollover

Dog Body Language: Shape of Teeth & Mouth

Play dead tricks video

Spin or twirl

Targeting with a ball

Dog Body Language: Eyes

Shaping with no props

Dog Body Language: Body Blocks

Dog Body Language: Ears

Crawl

Come

Rewards

Leave It: Advanced

Dog Body Language: Introduction

Teaching Polite Greetings

teaching p

Dog Body Language: Tail

Backup

Reinforce behavior you want

Drop It or Object Exchange

The Name Game

Sit from a down position

Dog Body Language: Yawning & Tongue Flicking

Sit: Part 2

Shaping with a box

Sit

Taking Treats Gently

Body Blocking

Food Bowl Exercise

Door Wait Exercise

Door Wait: Demo Finished Behavior

Come With Distractions

Wait vs. Stay

Stay

What is shaping

Jumping

Come: Importance of Reward

Loose Leash Walking With A Short Line

Speak

Nutrition For My Dog

Peak Power Dog Treats production on Saturday February 2 2019 with help from Norman

Production Log for Peak Power Raw Dog Food Chicken Blend on Monday January 14, 2019

Production Log for Peak Power Dog Beef Treats Semi-Soft/Chewy on Wednesday January 9 2019

Romeo is officially on his rise to stardom! We created a video ad for our Peak Power Dog Treats and he has the starring role. No cheesy TV commercial here

How To Make Raw Dog Food: Feeding Whole vs. Ground Chicken

This is our product video for Peak Power Dog Treats

Here is a 2-minute video compressing the few hours we spend every month to put together our raw dog food. It may look like a lot of steps, but it is actually quite easy to do.

How To Make Raw Dog Food: Dog Food Ingredient Quality

Raw Dog Food Preparation: Sharpening and Using Knives

Raw Dog Food Preparation: Equipment And Kitchen Supplies Needed

Raw Dog Food Preparation: Defrosting Frozen Ingredients

Raw Dog Food Preparation: The Four Core Ingredients To Raw Dog Food

Raw Dog Food Preparation: Purchasing/Acquiring The Ingredients

Raw Dog Food Preparation: Keeping Accurate Weight Counts and Mixing in the Meats

Raw Dog Food Preparation: Additional Ingredients To Raw Dog Food

Raw Dog Food Preparation: Pathogen Control And Cleaning

How To Make Raw Dog Food: Cutting and Grinding Meats

How To Make Raw Dog Food: Preparing the Space

How To Make Raw Dog Food: Grinding Vegetables and Fruits

Products For My Dog

Our Zuzu’s favorite toy is the Romp-N-Roll Ball

Adventures With My Dog

October 2023 Adventures and Activity

September 2023 Adventures and Activity

Zooka's first overnight trip to the mountains to see the fall colors

Week 12: Pool party for Zooka and learning to swim

Road trip to North Carolina to pick up our Vizsla puppy, Zooka

My 2019 Spring Break Trip With Mom and Dad

My fall break with mom and dad…by Zuzu the Greyhound

How we keep dogs safely secured on leash walks

How To Raise & Train A Vizsla

Zooka's Zoomies

Distance Work and Stay with Zooka & Blitzen

Off Leash Work with Zooka & Blitzen

Off Leash and Out of Sight Stay with Zooka

Wait and Release at Gate, One Dog at a Time

Recall/Come with Zooka and Blitzen

Dog Parkour with Zooka & Blitzen

Zooka & Blitzen's Dramatic Door Manners

Zooka’s Polite Greeting at the Door

Blitzen's Breakfast Training Session Including Heel Work

What a tuned-in walk with your dog looks like: Zooka at 14 months

Just for fun – Zooka loves playing in the water from the hose

Hiking/walking with your dog: Zooka, 10 month old Vizsla @ Dawson Butte

Supervised appropriate puppy play: Zooka, 12 week old Vizsla in Puppy Class

Zooka 11 week old Vizsla puppy self play with inappropriate objects

Zooka puppy play with Power Tug Toy and BONUS GoPro blooper!

Puppy and adult dog play: Zooka at 11 weeks with Ollie

Appropriate play between puppy and adult dog: Zooka @ 14 weeks with Loki

Zooka, puppy napping in his crate

Puppy leash manners on a hike, Zooka just under 4 months old at Snow Mountain Ranch

https://thelightofdog.com/puppy-leash-manners-on-a-hike-zooka-just-under-4-months-old-at-snow-mountain-ranch/

Zooka < 4 months old climbing on a tree stump at Snow Mountain Ranch

https://thelightofdog.com/zooka-4-months-old-climbing-on-a-tree-stump-at-snow-mountain-ranch/

Puzzle toys and mental stimulation for a dog on limited exercise or surgery recovery, Zooka @ 15 weeks

Zooka @ 10.5 weeks, puppy training session in new places like a local park

Puzzle toys are great mental stimulation for puppies, Zooka @ 14 weeks

Zooka @ 10.5 weeks, safely introducing your puppy to new dogs

Zooka @ 10.5 weeks, what puppy walks should look like

Zooka intro to the puppy kiddie pool at 10.5 weeks

Zooka training session – Heel, Fetch & other stuff

Week 18: Training during Zooka's mealtime

Week 14: Zooka learning how to socialize with Stella on a play date

Week 14: Door wait, learning obstacles, working on checking in during walks, a rainbow and stalking

Week 13: Slow motion of chasing the ball with Zooka and some friends

Week 13: Zooka playing with a much larger dog, Willy

Week 13: Zooka Meeting a horse and goats, plus an added distraction from a loud train

Week 13: Zooka training by working for his breakfast

Week 13: Timelapse of Zooka's outing at a local outdoor mall and greeting many different people

Week 13: Leash work with Zooka and allowing him to work through some trepidation with seeing dogs

Week 12: Introductions to obstacles

Week 12: Introductions to obstacles

Week 12: Working for his breakfast with watch me, sit, heel, wait and crate training

Weeks 10 & 11: Zooka being introduced to a dog parkour object on the farm

Weeks 10 & 11: Slow motion clips of Zooka playing with Theo and a recall exercise on the farm

Week 9: Working on watch me and sit during meal time

Week 9: introduction to dog parkour obstacles

Week 9: Zooka's first training session as a new puppy

Setting up for a new puppy

Miscellaneous Videos

Jake and Zooka Playdate

Pool party at Loki's. And he shows us how to jump off his deck into the pool

Winnie and Zooka playing in the pool

Jake and Zooka playing in the pool

Week 13: Slow motion of chasing the ball with Zooka and some friends

Week 13: Zooka playing with a much larger dog, Willy

Week 13: Zooka Meeting a horse and goats, plus an added distraction from a loud train

Week 13: Slow motion clips with Zooka playing in his kiddie pool and puppy recess with friends

Week 12: Slow motion of Zooka playing in his kiddie pool and in puppy recess

Timelapse video of a July sunset in Colorado with a dissolving thunderhead

Week 9: Zooka's first walk around the farm included an off-lead recall in slow motion

Week 9: Zooka playing with his tug toy

May 2019 Video Mashup

April 2019 Video Mashup

March 2019 Video Mashup

February 2019 Video Mashup

January 2019 Video Mashup

December 2018 Video Mashup

November 2018 Video Mashup

Multitasking at The Light of Dog Farm

October time-lapse sunrise, sunsets and snow storms

Video compilation of Zuzu, our Greyhound and the goofy things she does

This is a short and fun video we put together about our dog junkie lifestyle.

Zuzu's boarding video

We have lived our entire lives with dogs, been in business with The Light of Dog since 2003, and currently live on a farm with our dogs. We want to positively impact the lives of our dogs in the six major areas of their lives: (1) choosing our next dog; (2) providing quality, holistic-based healthcare; (3) positive reinforcement-based training; (4) high quality nutrition sourced humanely through organic and regenerative agricultural standards; (5) environmentally responsible, non-toxic products; and, (6) enjoying life and sharing our adventures with them. Through our business, we create content, services and products consistent with our standards in these areas. Our goal is to live life to the fullest with our dogs and aim to inspire others to do the same.

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