Adding a new dog to your family can be a cumbersome yet rewarding job! For your home and family to run smoothly with the inclusion of your new furry family member, you will need to train him early on to live in his new human world! There are three important words to remember and use [...]

The distinction between dog training and control is most times too easily lost. Using commands and hand gestures, with leashes or treats, to solicit desired behavior is training. Using choke or ‘no-bark’ collars, electronic fences and similar devices on your dog is for control. Control isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Dogs naturally have and seek [...]

Dogs bite more than 4.7 million people per year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), . Lawsuits, medical bills and sometimes dog euthanasia are common results from this unwanted – and often avoidable – behavior. As with any dog training issue, how easy or difficult it is to train a dog [...]

The Debate about whether or not crate training dogs is healthy or harmful is still alive and kicking. Undoubtedly you have met the dog owner that swears by crate training and also the owner that despises crate training. ‘Crating’ involves placing a pet in a cage, usually plastic or metal of roughly the size of [...]

Dogs aren’t really stubborn but sometimes they are easily confused and don’t know what is wanted by their owner. It is important to make it clear by quickly establishing alpha (dominant leader) status. Effective training means you must be willing to exercise patience and modest, firm force to get the desired behavior. This can be [...]

No project, apart from raising a child, requires more patience than dog training. All breeds have different attributes that present challenges. Some are intelligent, but boisterous and easily distracted. Some are eager to please, but dim-witted. But special considerations are required for size. Small dogs are easily transported, providing more choices for a training area [...]