It’s that time of year again!!! Do you bike with your dog? It is a great way to exercise your high energy breed. Here are a few tips to get started: Introduce your dog to the bike, walk the bike with them beside it or have a partner help you walk the dog. Reward goodContinue reading “Biking with Dogs”
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Fun Way To Proof Stays
This game of proofing stays is super fun for your dog. It can be done indoors or out, on or off leash depending on your dogs skills, and you can either use food or a tossed toy. We want to make sure that the dog understands stay before we start this game. Here are someContinue reading “Fun Way To Proof Stays”
Dog Training Class Milton, Ontario
We’ve had a spot open up in our Wednesday March 27th Basic Class. Please contact us if you are interested in joining. Class runs 7-8pm for 6 one hour sessions. Cost is $275 plus HST. Learn how to handle your dog around distractions and build on their education: calm sits and downs, place work, recall,Continue reading “Dog Training Class Milton, Ontario”
Find It – Morning Activity
You know I love the Find It game, and it’s super useful when you have a high energy dog that needs to burn it off a bit. Morning Find It with breakfast. I can’t recommend playing this game with your dog enough. So good for mind and body, and a great constructive game that youContinue reading “Find It – Morning Activity”
We Need To Talk
Those are dreaded words, aren’t they? Don’t worry, I’m not breaking up with you, but we need to have a discussion about control and etiquette. Over the past couple days I’ve run into a few situations where I could only shake my head and try to be “nice”. Two involved dogs, and two involved kids.Continue reading “We Need To Talk”
Puppies and Containment
A whole load of typical “annoying” puppy behaviours can be drastically reduced when you implement proper containment strategies. I’ll allow myself to explain in the video below. ps. I do not mention house training as that’s a topic for another day, but containment can also help dramatically when dealing with house training. Happy training!
Leash Tension
Leash tension is something I see a lot and it gives your dog mixed or confusing messages. Often people add leash tension when walking and they don’t realize that they are even doing it, usually a habit from trying to hold a dog in place. Leash tension means you are holding your dog back, youContinue reading “Leash Tension”
Who’s In Charge?
If we want to effect change with our dogs behaviour, we need to look at who is truly in charge. This isn’t a matter of dominance, rather, it is a matter of who is calling the shots, who is serving who and what messages are we portraying to our dogs. It is not overly commonContinue reading “Who’s In Charge?”
A Little Secret About Dogs
Come here … a little closer. Little bit closer. I want to tell you a secret. A secret about dogs that you may or may not know. A secret that may help you understand your dog better while you are training … or dealing with issues. There are NO perfect dogs. There, I said it. ThereContinue reading “A Little Secret About Dogs”
Holding A Position
Just a quick video about holding positions. Sits, downs, stays and places all apply. You NEED a release word (ok, yes, free, done, break a clicker … banana – whatever you like). Reinforce the position with reward. Teach the dogs that it’s a good thing to hold position. Once your dog is doing well, youContinue reading “Holding A Position”
Smart Dogs Canine Training Milton 