Training

Separation anxiety is the dread or fear that your dog experiences when someone that they are attached to leaves them. So a typical instance of this might be when you go to work in the morning, the dog might get tense or anxious. Typically this anxiety produces negative behavior in the animal. It may howl…

Dog training really boils down to influencing your dog’s behavior. Reward your dog for doing the behaviors you want to increase such as sit, down, stay, walk and come, and punish and or manage behaviors you want to decrease such as jumping, barking, stealing, digging and biting. Some dogs seem to be easier to train…

Do you remember as a kid when your Grandmother would tell you that you had to finish your vegetables before you could have any ice cream? If your Grandmother or anyone else has ever said that to you, then they were using the Premack Principle, also known as Grandma’s Law. Basically, the Premack Principle is…

Just last week I was working with a very nice lady that had a jumping problem with her dog. She badly wanted her dog to stop jumping and pretty much didn’t care about anything else. I explained why jumping happens, what she needed to do to stop it, and to make sure everyone in the…

Teaching your dog to respond to the “Come” command is absolutely crucial for both of you. You have to realize that you must have this control for his well being and, because he most likely wants to be with you anyway, the “Come” command can be an easy one to teach. Because you have already…

A few years back a very distraught lady walked into my dog training studio. When I looked at her I thought she was recently assaulted. She sat down and started to cry. I offered her a glass of water and waited. When she calmed down a little she started to explain that the two black…

There is an old saying among dog trainers that goes: “The only thing two dog trainers can agree on is what the third one is doing wrong.” There are basically two schools of dog trainers. On one side you have the old school dog trainers that believe training is done by using a choke chain…

One of the easiest training lessons you will ever encounter is harness training. Why is this? It is because your dog already knows the basics of how to function on a collar and leash system and walking is within their natural range of movement. You are not asking the dog to do anything outside of…

Balance the amount of exercise Before leaving your dogs alone, try extending the exercise periods for your dogs. The point is to tire him out. Play fetch, run around, or let him play with other friendly dogs. Do not just go for a short walk. After the exercise, when you are home, leave your dog…

What exactly is crate training dogs? It sounds like something you do to a bad doggie for doing a no-no on the living room carpet. But its not. Crate training is actually based on the principle of the dogs’ innate need for security. Dogs have been in America for at least 10,000 years. The first…