Probably any dog owner can tell you that training your dog isn’t always as easy as it seems it should be. Most owners assume that after a few days or sessions of rehearsing commands and actions then the dog should just pick up on basic skills and that should be it. Many owners [...]

If you’re training your dog to perform some act that is a bit more complicated than just sitting or speaking, you might find that you’re having some problems getting it done. For example, suppose you want to train your dog to get your newspaper from the end of the driveway or find your slippers [...]

There are a few key components involved in training a dog, and some are rather obvious. When you catch a dog in the act of doing something it shouldn’t be doing, you immediately stop her actions and correct her. When she performs the action you’re looking for then you reward her.
It may also [...]

Does your dog have behavior problems? Are you tired of the messes it leaves around the house, of finding your favorite shoes all chewed up, and of telling it to sit only to have it do anything but?
Are you ready to throw in the towel? Are you thinking that this dog is just [...]

Sure, there are lots of mistakes that dog owners make every single day – assuming that your dog understands English and knows what you’re saying when you ask her why she has such an attitude problem; thinking that she enjoys being put in stupid looking Halloween costumes and paraded around the neighborhood that way; not [...]

Have you ever left your dog alone for any length of time only to return and find that he’s chewed up the furniture or left a mess somewhere? Did you assume that your dog was angry at you and decided to get back at you for leaving him alone by ruining your precious *insert [...]