Training Tips and Tricks
We’re never always seeing the whole picture! This goes for social media celebs or for friends’ and neighbors’ dogs.
My clients may be envious when they see a neighbor walking their dog in a perfect heel or being able to have their dog off leash in a busy park without getting distracted. That dog however, may be suffering from severe separation anxiety and cannot tolerate being alone.
On the other hand, you may have a dog who can be left alone just fine but is inattentive, distracted or overly excited on walks.
There is no such thing as a perfect dog, but we can learn how to manage and improve what we don’t like in our dogs while celebrating all the things we do like.
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It’s much more than “treats” - it’s a philosophy on how to *teach* gently and humanely, with a feeling, thinking, sentient animal.
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Some dog parents jump the gun on recall training. Start small and gradually build up difficulty. If your dog can't come when called from inside your house, in from the fenced-in yard or from the end of a short or long leash, you will have to improve their skills before having them off-leash in the park or on a hike.
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Recalling the Recall - The Other End of the Leash
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Last weekend we were at a sheepdog trial, where I could walk the dogs off leash in a field full of campers and other dogs. The area was surrounded by a knock-you-to-your-knees electric fence. What a joy to know that I could trust my dogs to stop when I said, stay close when asked, […]