While dog training and meeting up with rescue friends, I love taking photos. Lucky for me, my peeps are patient and indulge my photography urge. Here’s a compilation. Who’d have thought I could put a video like this together with some awesome Barry White music? But it worked! I have the greatest clients and dog friends, and they have super dogs! (So do I.) By Helen Verte Certified Pet Dog Trainer-KA Certified Trick Dog Instructor Google +
Train and Board South Florida
July 19, 2014 by
If you have a dog in Broward county who needs that special one-on-one training, contact us about training and boarding in our trainer’s home. We love our board-and-train dogs, and do our best to train them to do great things. We love our clients, too, and have a dog training package that will fit your needs or we’ll create one! By Helen Verte Certified Pet Dog Trainer-KA Certified Trick Dog Instructor Google +
Sun Bathing Dogs
July 9, 2014 by
Some dogs are sun worshippers and some are not. Some get sun burned even because they have delicate white or pink skin that get’s burned easily. I used to have a Dalmatian who I had to put sun block on before going into the sunshine to compete in obedience trials. I also had a black dog who did not like doing the long sit or down in sunny circumstances because it wass atllthe hotter for tehm What do you have? {Read More}
Snake Oil In Dog Training
June 21, 2014 by
I got a call from a potential client whose young dog was returned to them in a fearful state after having completed a board-and-train with a shock-collar trainer. Though they called it an e-collar, which is the nice-nice term shock collar trainers use to indoctrinate their clients into believing shock is a harmless buzz. It’s not. There are two ways to motivate dogs to learn. One way is through reward-based motivation, which is what we use at Love Wags A {Read More}
Dogs and Their Noses
June 12, 2014 by
The nose of a dog is amazing. As a matter of fact, olfaction (the process of smelling) is the dog’s primary sense. We mere humans will never understand how dogs perceive and interpret smells. The dog’s sense of smell is one thousand times more sensitive than our own. While we have 5 million olfactory receptors in our nose, the dog has over 220 million! It boggles the mind! So be patient with your dog when you’re on walks with him. {Read More}
