Elsa was a wet weather phenomenon over our yard. Wet weather or not, I had a client’s Pug puppy to housetrain. So we put on our big girl pants and got to work on the housetraining job under a purple parasol while the rains came down. Luna the Pug and I were out for her first morning walk. We sheltered under the awnings to avoid the hard rains, and ventured out when the drops softened a bit. We celebrated when {Read More}
Board and Training Makes Puppies Swoon
May 29, 2021 by
We have a lot of fun while learning during board-and-train puppy training at Love Wags A Tail. This Golden Retriever puppy is concentrating so hard that he swoons and falls off his paws. ———— To send your dog or puppy to the Love Wags A Tail board-and-train camp for motivational learning with our cast of characters, contact me with your dog training, behavior modification wish list to get started. ———- Helen Verte Schwarzmann Contact me Certified in Training and Counseling {Read More}
Dogs Play By Expressing Their Talents
May 19, 2021 by
Dogs deserve to play. Every puppy I board and train has a different interest. Dogs and puppies both like to do such activities as dig, fetch, chase and be chased, bury, tug, hunt. cache, hoard, bark, chew, shred, search to find, and combinations of all of these and more. One of the favorite activities of one of my own dogs is to squeak a toy. The squeaking sound emulates the sound of prey when it’s been caught. I don’t know {Read More}
When Crocs Become a Dog Toy for Puppy Zoomies
April 22, 2021 by
When I have a board-and-train puppy who thinks my Crocs are a toy…
An April Fools’ Joke My Dog Pulled On Me
April 1, 2021 by
I have a Dobermann who loves to play. Today, he played an April Fools’ day trick on me by ringing the doorbell which tells me he has to go out and go potty. But when we are outside, he gives me the look. That look as if he doesn’t know what I’m talking about. Notice the bottom toofies. He plays this game with me on occasion, and I love him for thinking outside the doorbell-ringing box to tell me, “Hey! {Read More}
