Love Wags A Tail’s latest graduation video with Smokey, the 4-month-old Mini Aussie, as the skateboarding star. To send your dog to the Love Wags A Tail humane boot camp board-and-train dog training program, for motivational learning with our cast of characters, contact us with your dog training, behavior modification wish list for more information. Helen Verte Schwarzmann Contact me Certified in Training and Counseling Certified Pet Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed Certified Trick Dog Instructor AKC STAR Puppy, CGC, and Trick {Read More}
The Stubborn, Willful, Spiteful Dog Myth
June 15, 2017 by
People call me with stories of their stubborn, willful, spiteful dogs, and the list of derogatory adjectives go on from there. And I understand. People are frustrated, and we are people after all, so we are going to think from a people-perspective. But dogs aren’t people, so they don’t think the way people think. Dogs aren’t any of those unpleasant terms we apply to them. What dogs are doing when they behave unfavorably is either entertaining their own interests or {Read More}
Categorizing Dog Training Food
May 21, 2017 by
When training your pet dog, have a variety of training food at your disposal. Prepping dog training food ahead of time is a sure fire way to be expedient at reinforcement when you need it. Having to prep food at the spur of the moment can be impossible. For example, when you are housetraining your dog or puppy, have a good training food at the ready so it is in your bait pouch everytime you take your pooch outside. If {Read More}
The Bottom Line To Success in Dog Training
April 29, 2017 by
Everybody needs motivation to learn, get things done, and sometimes, just to get out of bed in the morning. Our dogs are no different. Teaching them new behaviors or to maintain ones they’ve learned, in other words to listen to us, requires motivation. We at Love Wags a Tail dog training believe in motivating dogs through food. Not treats. Food. Good food that gets us noticed and gets our dogs and our client dogs to work for us. Reward based {Read More}
Board-and-Train Easter Egg Hunt
April 16, 2017 by
What’s more fun than an Easter Egg Hunt? A tuna fudge hunt! That’s the game our board-and-train and resident dogs got to play this springtime afternoon. Dogs love to use their noses, so we give them what they love at Love Wags A Tail Dog Training. All dogs are non-food aggressive and they know each other well enough to participate in this group activity. Of course, this game can be played anytime of the year, and your dog will always {Read More}
