An Analysis of the Effectiveness: Paws, Buttons, and Canine Conversations The trend of teaching dogs to communicate using buttons has caught the internet by storm. Each button is labeled with a word, and when pressed by the pet, it vocalizes…
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10 Important Training Tips for Your Herder If you have a herding breed dog, here are ten important training tips for you: Never allow your puppy or dog to chase smaller animals uncontrolled – this can lead to the dog…
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50 Training Tips from a Professional Small things you can do that make a big difference with your dog. When you feed your dog a treat, say “good dog” as you release the treat. This classically conditions the…
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Training Advice for Dogs That Keep Running Away Rescue dogs are at a high rate of running away from their new homes, simply because they do not know it’s their home. Then we have dogs who have lived in their home…
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There are many trainers in the world that are punishment-based, meaning punishment makes up the majority of their training techniques. Then there are balanced trainers who use punishment and positive reinforcement to train dogs, meaning they’ll use a correction (verbal…
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Freestyle Will Get You Dancing with Your Dog Canine Musical Freestyle is a sport enjoyed by all dogs of all sizes, but we seem to see more herding breed dogs than other types. The dogs choose the music (really!), and…
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Sit-up is the Perfect Beginner’s Trick Teaching tricks to your dog is a wonderful bonding and learning experience. There are many fun things to learn and try in trick training – the sky is the limit! Sit-up is a great party…
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Gaining Your Dog’s Attention: Working with the Distracted Dog Distractions are all over the world; everywhere you go, there is something awesome for your dog to see, smell and interact with. So how do you gain your dog’s attention? There are…
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Is Living With An Active Herding Breed Frustrating? Our herding breeds are naturally intelligent, agile, and active dogs with a lot of drive and stamina. These breeds were originally created for long days of hard work alongside humans. When not…
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Majority of the population are under the assumption that to have a well-behaved dog you need to just exercise the &#$% out of him or her and they will be so tired that they can’t practice bad/negative behaviours. True….. to…
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