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Get a Grip on Christmas

Getting a Grip on Christmas with Your Dog   Every holiday season, it’s a tradition to invite family and friends over to have a feast, drink, have a good time, tell stories and laugh. We, as humans, anticipate these special…

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Clicker Training 101

What is Clicker Training? Kris Crestejo, one of our Guild Evangelists, explains clicker training and how to use positive reinforcements when training your dog. Have you used clicker training? Tell us about it! You can join our email list and…

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Oh … Balls!

Any breed with prey drive has the chance of being addicted to chasing things, mainly because it satisfies that instinctual behaviour they were bred for, CHASE! Almost every single dog owner out there has tried (succeeded or failed) with teaching…

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Get the Ball Rolling

Tennis balls will no longer be the ball of choice for your herding breed when you get the ball rolling with treibball! Check out this great video of treibball in action. Video from a Guild of Shepherds & Collies Evangelist,…

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Are You Listening?

Communication between dog and handler is important Our dogs are communicating with us every single day, but are we listening? We’re talking to our dogs every day, but are they listening? Through my years of working one on one with…

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Overcoming Reactivity

Re·ac·tive definition (Wikipedia): Showing a response to a stimulus, acting in response to a situation rather than creating or controlling it, having a tendency to react chemically.  Reactivity can happen in many different situations, such as when a dog is…

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