Monthly Archives: April 2017

Practice Together

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Do you walk with other dogs?? If so, be sure to practice basic behaviors together….by practicing behaviors with other dogs and in unique places, your dog will quickly generalize the behavior and be able to do it in any setting.

Perfect Response to Surprise

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This is a great response from little Murtagh. He’s a big boy, but young (just cutting adult teeth) – this is exactly what we want to see when a young dog gets surprised 🙂 (he’s got the best ears!!)

Changing a Dogs Association

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I realized recently as I was working with a dog, that I use a similar method when teaching dogs to be okay with cats in their space as I do for cutting their nails: Association. For example, Kele my wonderful girl, tolerates cats. She hasn’t had a choice since they […]

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Setting Boundaries with Dogs

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I was in a business not long ago and brought one of my dogs in. She was on a leash, even though she didn’t need it, and happily and politely went up and said hi to everyone who approached her. As I was leaving, a young guy walked in with […]