Happy Independence Day! While you celebrate the holiday remember to take care of your dog and keep him safe. Loud noises can be scary, so if you’re going out on the town to watch the fireworks, it would be kinder to leave the fur babies at home. With Independence Day comes the thought of independent dogs to me. I have board and trained shy dogs to independent dogs and all kinds of temperaments in between. No matter what breed or {Read More}
Serial Counter Surf-and-Swipe Doodle
June 23, 2024 by
Seymour is a Goldendoodle who has come to Love Wags A Tail board and train to learn manners. He uses his ginormous size to explore the tops of counters and other surfaces that most dogs only dream about reaching. Seymour is a big lovable fellow who gets a great deal of pleasure by being pursued when he grabs something he’s not supposed to have from off-limit areas. These grab-and-run games are his daily objective sometimes getting in over 50 repetitions {Read More}
Rules For Playing Ball with Schnauzer Auggie
June 20, 2024 by
Auggie is one of my board-and-trains who returns occasionally for board and training maintenance. He is a high energy fellow who needs lots of exercise, as well as reminders of his training. We train dogs to learn the rules, then we reinforce them to maintain them, no matter if it’s their first time here or their tenth. Schnauzer Auggie’s excitement was overwhelming, and when we started to play, he swiped my arm hard unexpectedly. That stung! Our daily ball playing {Read More}
Puppy Board-and-Train and Play
May 13, 2024 by
Greta is a baby Goldendoodle and Dolly is a baby Havanese. Both came to Love Wags A Tail puppy board-and-train for obedience basics, manners, housetraining, and crate training. Greta had quite the objection to crate training and barked her way into temper tantrums, but we got her over that. Dolly was more the mellow girl. When it came to roughing it up like puppies do, though, these two girls made perfect playmates! Dolly found the stairs easy to ascend and {Read More}
Doorbell Use For Squirrel Patrol
March 16, 2024 by
When certain puppies and dogs come to Love Wags A Tail dog training for housetraining or housebreaking board-and-train boot camp, they may learn to ring a doorbell. This depends on if they live on the ground floor of an apartment or condominium, or in a house. Clients have told me that their dogs also use their doorbells to relay the message that the puppy or dog wants to go outside for activities other than potty training. I recently recorded my {Read More}
