This idea of taking your dog to a dog park is not a good one. Why? Training Your Dog At A Dog Park Is Not A Natural Environment From A Pack Perspective #1) It’s not natural for the dog. We’re not talking about human children who need to be socialized with other kids throughout their infancy. Dogs learn dominant and submissive dog behavior and how to interact with other dogs from 6 to 8 weeks of age. This two week period is called a critical stage, and a small amount of exposure will have a lasting Read more [...]
Exercising With My Dog
August 9, 2011 by
daisyhusky428 writes to me: So I read on the GRCA website that you aren’t supposed to jog with your golden retriever until it is 2 years old. so these are my questions: 1.Should goldens be 2 years old before you take them jogging? 2.How old do standard poodles need to be before you take them jogging? 3.How old do miniature poodles need to be before you take them jogging? 4.How old does a labradors need to be before you take them jogging? 5..Can you jog with a small breed(20lbs) dog before Read more [...]
Dog Keeps Pacing, And You Think He’s Under-Exercised
July 4, 2011 by
An anonymous writer comments, in response to prior dog training tips: “If physical exhaustion is the only answer, then why don’t I just keep him ‘chained up’ and save ME the trouble. I’m sorry I’m having trouble buying into this lack of exercise/boredom theory. About Max [the dog] …..He’s a mixed breed, part hound, part long-haired terrier, has the frame of a 15-inch beagle, as a matter of fact, he looks like a long-haired beagle (if there was a such breed). We saved him from a horrible death Read more [...]
How To Make Your Dog Lazy & Mellow!
July 2, 2011 by
There’s a new book on the market called, “Training Your Dog: The Lazy Way!” I haven’t had a chance to purchase and review this book yet, but while waiting for a friend at a local bookstore I started thumbing through it’s pages and found two items that caught my attention. The first item in the book that caught my attention was the notion that people who consistently exercise their dog are building up their dog’s tolerance to exercise. In other words, the author was trying to say that: The Read more [...]
Dog Treadmills
July 7, 2010 by
Is your dog getting depressed? It is not uncommon for dogs to get depressed. They can become bored very easily and when they are bored for extended periods of time this can lead to depression. The more intelligent the dog the more likely it is to get depressed as they need more stimulation in the form of work or activities that can keep their mind active. This is one of the reasons why dog training is so important, because a dog that is trained well will get a lot more out of life by pleasing it’s Read more [...]
Dog Behavior: How To Get Your Sleepy Dog Out Of Your Bed
November 3, 2009 by
Dog Behavior: How To Get Your Sleepy Dog Out Of Your Bed — For people, the bed is just a place to sleep, but for dogs, it’s one of the ways they figure out what their social status is in the household. A dog who feels that he has special rights is going to keep pushing the boundaries. Today’s mild grumble may turn into tomorrow’s nasty growl. Dogs who get uppity because of their comfortable sleeping arrangements need to be taken down a notch or two, quite literally. You must also know that Read more [...]
How to Exercise Your Dog Without Lifting a Finger
November 2, 2009 by
I spent the New Years holiday with my friends Eddie and Sharon. This young couple have a two year-old Rottweiler named, “Luna” and have discovered a pretty interesting way to exercise their high energy dog. See, Luna is a high-drive dog. That means she’s got a lot of (cough) excess energy to burn off. So Eddie and Sharon needed to find an easy way to exercise Luna at night, after they returned home from work. Eddie showed me a laser pen he’d bought and said, “Watch this!” We went out to the side Read more [...]
Recall Exercise Problems and How to Fix Them
November 2, 2009 by
The recall command and training is not going well. Long rope, short rope, it doesn’t matter – maybe someone trained him before with this type of technique. When he is on a rope, he will not wander or play ball etc – he seems to know there is a limitation to the length of play area and only hangs around me. Alas, whether there are other distractions or not, the come command doesn’t work well, unless he wants it to! Thanks, G. Dear G.: Okay, I’m confused. You state that, “The come command doesn’t Read more [...]
On Retrieving
October 30, 2009 by
About 6 weeks ago, I acquired a border collie through the local SPCA. She is about 18-24 months old. I have no idea of her history. All I can say is that “Rosie” is a very smart dog. Rosie is a quick learner and eager to please me. She knows the word “NO”., knows how to sit, is housebroken, comes when commanded to, stays within the borders on my farm, and comes wherever she is when I ring a Tibetan bell. My Question: Since Rosie is from a working breed, I would like to teach her how to fetch so Read more [...]
How To Improve The Quality Of Your Dog's Life
October 29, 2009 by
Many dog owners invest considerable time in being active with their dogs through obedience training, hunting activities, tracking and protection exercises at training grounds, out in the countryside or in the forest. These activities allow us to spend time with our dogs while also keeping them physically and mentally alert. Others, such as the police and security guards, use dogs at work. We expect these dogs to have a well-developed physique to be able to perform the work they are trained to do. Read more [...]
Energy Sources For Your Dog
October 29, 2009 by
Originally, dog owners who fed their pets natural ingredients were attempting to replace the natural diet of the dog. Natural ingredients used today are no longer the foods eaten by an animal ‘naturally’ in the wild, but have become modifications of those original foodstuffs to more confinement or longer-lasting forms. The human diet consists of a large selection of such modified natural foods, most of which have been tried for feeding a dog. Besides these human foods, there are still a few Read more [...]
How Long Should You Run Your Dog?
October 22, 2009 by
Dear Adam: I have a Shepherd/Malamute “Newt.” She’s great. I have a couple of problems with her but I won’t waste your time with them as I have found them addressed at your site and in your book. I “run” Newt in the bush, she is either in front of the truck or behind it, running as fast as she can. I stop when she slows down and we take a 5-10 minute break. Each time we stop, I open the door to the truck and let her decide if she’s had enough. Lately it’s been me who has had enough (she wants to Read more [...]
