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5 ways to reduce holiday stress with your dog
The holidays are an exciting, fun, and sometimes stressful time for people and dogs alike. The increase of stress on us humans in making sure everything is planned and perfect (finishing any end of year requirements for work, shopping for presents, kids being home...
Here’s what your dog wants for the holidays
Shopping for holiday gifts is hard enough when you can ask friends or family what they're hoping for. I'm not sure about your dogs, but mine have been pretty secretive with what they're hoping to get for the holidays! Fear not - I've put together a list of some of my...
Puppy training… where to begin??
I have a lot of feelings about puppies. I have worked with hundreds (maybe thousands) of young puppies as a trainer and love every one dearly. Puppies are cute. Puppies can be frustrating. I like to joke that puppies are cute so we forget how frustrating they can be,...
Potty training for puppies… solved!
As with many other behaviors, practice makes perfect. This means that the more your puppy practices going in appropriate places (like outside), and the less they have the opportunity to go to the bathroom inside, the faster your progress will be.
Help! My puppy is a shark!
There are multiple reasons why puppies bite, and knowing the reason why a puppy is biting in a specific situation can help to develop a plan to reduce or eliminate biting in that situation.
Spice up my life! The ins and outs of canine enrichment
“Canine enrichment” is a popular buzzword that’s been sweeping the dog training world more and more for the past few years. But what is enrichment really, and how can it benefit your dog? “Enrichment” is defined as “the action of improving or enhancing the quality or...
Puppy socialization… What actually is it??
Socialization is a very personal process. You are not just shaping your dog to live in the human world, you are shaping him to live in YOUR world.
Young Puppy Socialization in the time of Covid-19
We’re going through a frightening time in history with the current pandemic and the ensuing panic. One of the many challenges that today’s world presents from a dog owner’s perspective is socialization. I have a separate blog post all about socialization (what it is...
I have a need! Demand behaviors and how to “fix” them
Barking. Jumping. Pawing your leg. Whining. These are what typically come to mind when demand behaviors are brought up. What if I told you that not all demand behaviors are bad? Or that I actually reward many of my dogs' demand behaviors (and how it makes them...