Puppies can be very creative when they play. A lot of their behaviors are unique to their youthful curiosity and fade as they mature and heed their training. That’s good in some instances, such as shoe chewing, grabbing anything they can reach off nose-level counters, or shredding linens. Puppies need a lot of overseeing. For example, things can get dangerous if they find a plugged-in cord to be interesting. And Puppies can find cord-like items interesting. My own puppy, who {Read More}
Trade The Poisonous Pointsettia For A Festive Red Hibiscus Plant
December 22, 2018 by
I love the red and green color combination of the holiday season. And as much as I enjoy a pretty pointsettia, the plant is well known for being a poison to dogs. I love my dogs much more than to take a chance on having a poisonous plant around, so I went a different route this year. I bought a red hibiscus plant. Not only is the plant safe for dogs to eat, people can eat them too, and they {Read More}
On Course for Housetraining 123
December 20, 2018 by
When I get a call for information on my Housetraining packages, as soon as I listen to the potential client’s side of the story, I understand why the dog or puppy is not progressing on the housetraining. I can hear the clues in the symptoms the caller presents and it pains me to know that without a sound houstraining plan, the dog or puppy will continue to eliminate everywhere and anywhere while the owners get more and more frustrated. I {Read More}
Teach Your Dog To Catch
November 8, 2018 by
One of the fun behaviors I work on in between formal lessons with enrolled Love Wags A Tail board-and-train dogs and pups is catch. Unless I get a dog who’s been around the block and has already learned how to catch, pet dogs and puppies who arrive for training need to learn the skill of catching. Learning to catch is a good endeavor for your pooch and a skill to share with each other for a lifetime. To start, I’d {Read More}
In The Moment With Dogs
October 8, 2018 by
Meditation is proven to be beneficial to us humans. I sometimes wonder if getting lost in a project such as gardening, writing, or decorating doesn’t give us similar benefits. Both meditation and creative focus removes the “what-ifs” and “what’s happeneds” from our mental spotlights and replaces them with in-the-moment experiences. I only have to look to my dogs to see examples of this. And puppies, especially, prove to us time and time again, that discovery of something new can create {Read More}
