Training
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Three Simple Tips for Your New Holiday Puppy
Now that the dust has settled, and the holiday season is behind us, it’s time to make those returns on gifts we...
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7.3K6Is Your Dog Afraid of Fireworks?
There are a few holidays throughout the year where we, for fun, blow stuff up. Yep, I’m talking about fireworks. Each New...
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4.3K4Training Your Pooch To Swim
Contrary to popular opinion, not all dogs can swim! Some are afraid to even get in the water. Does your dog like...
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4.9K7Ask the Trainer: Is There Anything My Dog Can’t Destroy?
Dear Kevin,Ramsey is an 11-month old, 80 lb. mix, Boxer and Great Dane. He is very good about knowing what are his...
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6.0KUse Clicker Training For a Stubborn Dog
Are you behavior training your dog but the pooch just does not want to cooperate? This is not unusual as some breeds...
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4.3K1Training Your Dog To Shut Doors
Have you given any thought to training your dog to shut doors? Most dog owners are going to say they have never...
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9.0K1Dog Constantly Getting Loose?
Some dogs just have a knack for finding a way over, under, and through fences meant to keep them safely confined in...
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6.4K8Ask the Trainer: How to Stop Dogs From Pulling on the Leash
Dear Kevin,How do I stop Augie and Laxer from pulling me while on the leash — particularly when they spot something of...
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4.3K1Socializing Your Fur Baby
Is your puppy a well-adjusted little pooch? If so, he or she will be a much happier and friendly adult dog you...
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4.5K1Ask the Trainer: Training a Dog to Stop Chasing Cars
Dear Kevin,This question is for a friend. His dog Duke just started chasing cars! How does he get him to stop?Thank you-A.J....
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Ask the Trainer: Breaking an Unwanted Puppy Behavior
Dear Kevin,Penny is a pit bull who has just recently started barking a lot (10 months old). She crouches down in a...
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6.2K3Socializing a Puppy
Puppies naturally love every person they meet. But as the puppy grows into adulthood he or she can become anti-social or mean...
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Training Your Dog: Pack Leader vs. Partnership
There are two styles of dog training most popular today. One of the styles focusing on clear communication and teaching the dog...
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9.0K3How to Raise a Dog-Friendly Dog
There’s a certain period in puppy development when a pooch’s early encounters have a huge impact on his overall approach to life....
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Ask the Trainer: Stopping a Dog from Jumping on People
Dear Kevin,We acquired 8 year old Zack, a Bichon Frise recently. He is our second Bichon. Our first passed away in April....
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5.3K1Dog Body Language – Part Three: The Head
Making an effort to understand what your pooch is saying can provide you lots of useful information, like when your furball is...
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13.4K3Dog Body Language – Part Two: The Tail
Like any other form of language, tail position and movement in dogs has its own grammar and vocabulary that can be learned...
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Dog Body Language – Part One: The Posture
Did you know that dogs, like humans, share a universal body language? This awe-inspiring way of communication is one that we humans...
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Ask the Trainer: When Two Dogs Compete to be First
Dear Kevin,I have a 4 year old male malti-poo and a couple of months ago rescued a 3 year old female shih-tzu....
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7.2K3Training To Come On Command
Of all the behaviors a dog owners desires from their dog, the ability to command your dog to come to you is...
