Dog Care, Fish Care, Pet Care, Dog Breeds, Dog Training

Archive

Author Archive

No Bark Training

June 15th, 2009

Dear Gwen, I heard you were doing a Question & Answer column for this fabulous new magazine. Since this is the first issue I was wondering how anyone was going to know to write to you. The only reason I know is because my buddies and I have worked out a simple network of spreading [...]

Read More >>

Author: Categories: Dog Training Tags:

Training Your Dog to Control Barking

June 15th, 2009

Puppy & Dog Barking Training Info Barking is a perfectly natural canine behavior… Ok, But How do I stop dog barking ? Birds sing; frogs croak; and a dog barks, whines and howls. If you have a dog, you better expect some barking, whining or howling. It is unrealistic and unfair to think …

Read More >>

Author: Categories: Dog Training Tags:

Coprophagia/Eating Feces – What to do!

June 15th, 2009

Although most people find it repulsive, it is quite natural for dogs, especially puppies to eat feces. (Feces found in kitty’s litter box is an especially favorite treat.) Fresh feces closely resemble the first solid food the puppy ate: warm, semi-solid, semi-digested food that mom regurgitated for her pups to eat. Often this behavior will [...]

Read More >>

Author: Categories: Dog Training Tags:

Crate Training Your Dog

June 15th, 2009

The single most important aspect of dog and puppy training is that you reward and praise your dog or puppy each and every time she does the right thing. For example: praise her when she chews her own toys instead of the couch or eliminates outside instead of in the house. The more time …

Read More >>

Author: Categories: Dog Training Tags:

House Training Your Dog

June 15th, 2009

The key to house training your dog is to rely on your dog’s natural instincts and tendencies. Dogs are instinctively clean animals. If they can avoid it, they would rather not soil themselves or their usual eating and sleeping areas. Dogs also naturally develop habits of where they would like to eliminate. For example, dogs [...]

Read More >>

Author: Categories: Dog Training Tags: