Sometimes I have puppy dog board-and-train clients who come into our humane boot camp program to learn a certain behavior, but they have a roadblock behavior in the way of our success. Such is the case for my little 1-year-old Chihuahua MinPin client, Valentino, who is smart, agile, and as lovable as they come. He also is very good at climbing out of ex-pens, but staying in an ex-pen is part of the Love Wags A Tail housetraining board-and-train process. {Read More}
Tiring a Dog Out During Board-and-Train
August 4, 2015 by
When Love Wags A Tail Dog Training accepts a dog into our dog training and boarding program, they are enrolled into a activities-packed program. Your dog is integrated into our daily routine, has other dogs and toys to play with, food toys to destuff, daily training both formal and informal to complete, and has plenty of time for just being a dog. It’s all part of our board-and-train package. We merrily tire dogs out! When they sleep hard like our {Read More}
Board-and-Train Play Time
June 27, 2015 by
Maggie May was a boarding and training client who came through the Love Wags A Tail Board-And-Train Program for housetraining and to learn basic manners. We also taught her the rules of playing tug with people, and when she followed them, her reward was more play and even to win the game. Everyone wants to win! Playing tug with your dog is a great way to bond and gives your dog some much needed exercise. Social interaction between dogs who {Read More}
Board and Train Imports and Locals
June 14, 2015 by
Love Wags a Tail Dog Training trains dogs humanely and effectively through our board-and-train program. We can meet your needs for training and behavior modification whether you’re local or long distance. If transportation can be worked out, we can train your dog through our program that teaches dogs to make the choices you want! Dogs love to learn our way and we love training this way! Here are two recent graduates. Izzy, a Podenco from Spain, was imported to South {Read More}
Hiring a Professional Dog Trainer
May 11, 2015 by
This is a video I made of my experience hiring an amateur for a professional job. While I got a fine discount on his services, the outcome was I lost what I paid to him more than 50 times over. Due diligence is required when hiring a pro in any field, but because puppy and dog training is unregulated and there are no minimum requirements to declare oneself a pro dog trainer, doing research is especially warranted. Dogs are family {Read More}
