Nutritious food is the motivation I use to train dogs and puppies at Love Wags A Tail board-and-train. I use white meat chicken, training food I bake myself, or other wholesome foods, including the dog’s own food if it’s motivationally appropriate for the training game at hand. But there is also a time for treats. A treat is a food I give to dogs and puppies outside of training, which doesn’t require a dog or puppy to do much to {Read More}
Goldendoodle Puppy Earning and Eating Training Food
January 22, 2021 by
Goldendoodle puppy, Jaxson, is very busy earning his training rewards. He’s being a good boy, lying down and staying as I move the food towards his furry, little snoot. When I train my clients’ dogs and puppies at Love Wags A Tail board-and-train, we play dog training games galore. During their stay, I suggest games for my clients to play with their dogs when they come home because training and maintaining the training should be fun and not a chore. {Read More}
A Flock of Black Birds
January 20, 2021 by
Today, while I walked my board-and-train puppy, I looked up and saw a huge flock of black birds silently flying by. Had I not looked above, I never would have seen this beautiful sight. How often do we stare straight ahead and miss the many beautiful things above and below us? ———- 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, {Read More}
A Light Bulb Pet Memorial
January 17, 2021 by
Anyone who has loved a pet and enjoyed their company, knows how quickly they become a member of the family. Pets can become closer to us than some human members of our families because not only are our pets non judgmental, but our dogs, other fur kids and pets live with us through our day-to-day struggles and celebrations. Our beloved pet dogs are here for use when we are happy, sad, and anything in between. When the time comes that {Read More}
Bath Day At Love Wags A Tail Board-and-Train
January 7, 2021 by
When it’s bath day for the trainer’s dogs at Love Wags A Tail board-and-train, the kids here learning get some me-time with the puppy trainer during a break in between bath one and bath two. Training a dog or puppy to be groomed is as important as any other training. Sometimes we adopt adult dogs who need to learn how to take a bath and sometimes, puppies are the ones who need to learn. Either way, getting started on grooming {Read More}
Tripe-Tuna Fudge Dog Training Food A Favorite
January 2, 2021 by
When I need a highly aromatic attention getter for training my board-and-train clients’ dogs and puppies against higher distractions, I always reach for tripe. Dogs and puppies love tripe, and if you love your pooch, you can bake this all-time Love Wags A Tail board-and-train favorite, too. Here’s the recipe. Just add a clothes pin for your nose and plenty of perserverence! Love Wags A Tail Tripe-Tuna Fudge Dog Training Food A Favorite 1.5 cups flour 3 eggs 1 can {Read More}
Dog and Puppy Board-and-Train Holiday Wishes
December 25, 2020 by
We woke up to a rather cold Christmas morning here at Love Wags A Tail dog training and board-and-train. I had to bundle up, but the dogs had a good time playing ball and running in the yard. Then they came inside for a bit of food toy fun. Here’s a little bit of our Christmas day. We hope you had a wonderful holiday with your pets and relations as well. If you have a new puppy, think of Love {Read More}
Happy Holidays and Christmastime
December 23, 2020 by
It looks a little like winter holidays here at Love Wags A Tail Board-and-Train. We woke up to frost on the ground and a chill in the air that was more cold than chilly! Our December puppy board-and-train graduate has gone home to show off her new obedience behaviors and her housetraining skills. Such a good Bernerdoodle! Red birds everywhere. Do you see three here? Two breeds of woodpeckers and a cardinal. And finally, one of my own dogs showing {Read More}
Stuffing A Turkey Shaped Dog Food Toy
November 20, 2020 by
If you’d like a little November Thanksgiving fun for your dog, there is a food toy on the market that’s shaped like a turkey. Food toys for dogs and puppies give them a way to spend their mental energies and is much like a pacifier for dogs. Food toys for dogs keep them busy for a while. Some dogs and puppies need training to learn to use their food toys. Make sure the food pieces you put inside are small {Read More}
Roadblocks of Housetrained Dogs
November 13, 2020 by
Sometimes, what gets in the way of either housetraining your dog or your already housetrained dog eliminating outside is not an obstacle you can train for, such as a tropical storm, hurricane, or other rainy day event. Unless you have a dog who absolutely loves the water, then when rainy days come along and your dog refuses to go out in the wet weather to go potty as usual, pull out your patience and usual habits and encourage your dog {Read More}
Dobermann Bath Time With Fox Squirrel Interruption
November 7, 2020 by
Here is something you don’t see everyday. A Fox Squirrel. This one was taking a snack out of the cup of shelled peanuts I leave for the birds. It also took its time, but I needed to give my dog a bath, so we had to interrupt. It wasn’t a huge confrontation, and the squirrel did more posturing than my dog did. Velken came to the bathtub for a piece of sausage, and while we got the bath done, the {Read More}
How To Put The 3-1 Petsafe Harness on Your Dog or Puppy
November 1, 2020 by
Sometimes the 3-1 Harness by Pet Safe can be a bit daunting to figure out, especially right out of the box. I use this harness with a lot of my board-and-trains, so I made a video to help my clients learn how to put the thing on when no one was there to help them out first-hand. I especially like the 3-1 Harness by Pet Safe for use with short-muzzled dogs such as a French Bulldog, who cannot wear a {Read More}
Halloween Dog Training and Activities 2020
October 27, 2020 by
As a pet owner, you can enjoy Halloween with your own dog, even if you’re staying at home as we are. Use the treats to teach a trick! Here’s one I taught Rambo, the Frenchie, with his Halloween dog treats while he was boarding and training with me. Love Wags A Tail Board-and-Train loves Halloween and we love rolling the camera for videos so out clients can see what theire pooches are learning through dog trarining with us. And we {Read More}
Housetraining Puppy Learns a Trick for a Treat
October 17, 2020 by
With Halloween right around the corner, conjure up some fun with easily trained tricks with your dog or puppy such as waving bye-bye or hello. Here is our housetraining graduate Havanese puppy showing off the glam ways she can flap her paw to wave hello to tricks and treats. ———- 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 {Read More}
Barrel Racing While Housetraining A Puppy
October 11, 2020 by
Luna, a Havanese puppy, came to board-and-train for housetraining with a few extra ounces on her. This puppy’s owner said one of the problems she had is her dog won’t walk in the heat, so the puppy doesn’t get enough exercise. She not only gained some extra Covid weight, but she needed a way to exercise her relatively inactive dog in the air conditioning. As I housebroke and trained this puppy, I also thought about the weight and exercise issue {Read More}
