Scent Training for Dogs
Scent work for dogs makes use of olfaction (the sense of smell), a dog’s primary sense for interacting with the world. Scent training for dogs is just building on what they already do by instinct from a young age.
How to Stop a Dog From Pulling on a Leash
Any chance you’d like to transform your dog walks from frustrating leash-pulling contests of strength to enjoyable and cooperative outings?
Scent Games for Dogs
Scent work is a natural way for dogs to enjoy a game and be enriched.
How To Get Your Dog To Wear A Life Jacket
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Why It’s Important to Teach Your Dog to Trade
Sometimes we need to take things away from our dog and that’s when the trade trick becomes vital. Here’s how to teach your dog to trade.
How to Teach Your Dog to Play “Nose Games”
If competition isn’t your thing, you can do a simpler activity at home with your dog that we call Nose Games. You can do...
How to Teach Your Dog to “Search”
The "search me!" game uses lots of energy and can tire out your very active dog, and offers very practical applications as well. Start with treats, since most dogs will happily look for food. You can eventually ask him to look for hidden objects (favorite toys, your lost keys) and even hidden or missing humans!
The Marvelous Mutts
At a performance by The Marvelous Mutts, as the name suggests, you won't see any pedigreed dogs, but you will definitely witness focused owners and competitive dogs! Looking at a photographic gallery of The Marvelous Mutts, one could easily be confused with having found the listing for a rescue promoting their mixed-breed adoption candidates. Instead, it's an inspiring model, both for what rescue dogs can do and what highly motivated dog owners can do for shelter and rescue dogs.
Teach Your Dog to Choose Things
Our dogs have very little opportunity for choice in their lives in today's world. We tell them when to eat, when to play, when...
Nose Work is Great Exercise for Dogs!
When your dog has learned how to search, this makes a great rainy day indoor exercise activity. You can also routinely scatter her meals around the yard so she has to search through the grass to find them; put her on a long line if you don't have a fence. You can also name her favorite toys and have her find them. You can even have family members and friends hide and have her find them.
Dog Parkour: Canine Urban Athletes
too! Just about any dog
Teach Your Dog to Fetch By Training Your Dog to Love Retrieval
we start with shaping that behavior and backchain to the completed "Fetch" behavior.üGradually
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Dogs Should Not Be Gifts!
I’ve given a few private lessons to a client who received an 8-week-old Golden Retriever puppy as a Christmas present. This man is retired, a recent graduate of cancer treatments, and lives alone. His young adult children apparently thought he needed a companion and bought him the puppy as a gift.