With the week of rain we had last week, my yard is a complete muddy mess. After spending hours vacuuming little mud pebbles a few times a day, I’d hit my limit. It was time for the dogs to deal with their own mud. I got a low mixing tub from the local home center […]
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This weekend at the KPA Dog Trainer Program Workshop, we discussed ways to train dogs to wait at a boundary (in this case a doorway) until released to go through. When asked how I train boundaries I said, “A wait, is a wait, is a wait.” “Wait” does not have any context or environment or
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II have worked with rescue dogs long enough to really wish they came with a vocabulary chart. Something simple. A hand wave means “lie down,” a head nod means “okay.” Whether a dog has had formal training or not, they have learned visual and verbal cues they associate with certain actions. Sometimes those cues create
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Therapy dogs have no idea how much joy and comfort they bring, they just smile, say “hello” and let people pet them. But for the people that are isolated for long periods of time, a visit from a furry friend can be irreplaceable. Did you know that AKC has a Therapy Dog title?
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I like seeing excited dogs, I really do, but not bouncing off the cabinets in my kitchen or jumping and leaping on the way to the car. As much as I love Paisley, her bark can peel the paint off walls, so we’ve been working on training controlled excitement. Since the dogs get fed at
