When training a dog of any age, what is important, above all, is to be consistent. Let’s take an example. You want to keep Pooch off the furniture. Twenty-three out of twenty-four hours, you enforce the rule. But somewhere in the 24th hour, you’re watching TV and decide to invite Pooch up on the sofa with you while you watch your favorite TV show. You have entered a gray area while dogs have a black-and-white understanding. So when Pooch decides {Read More}
Reward Good Behavior To Get Good Behavior
May 29, 2019 by
Behaviors that you like from your dog or puppy need to be rewarded not ignored. For example, when your puppy approaches and sits in front of you, load him up with praise and goodies. Food is especially rewarding. Tell your dog how great he is. Because if all you do is notice the naughty behaviors, you’ll get more of that. I have watched clients push their dogs and puppies off them over and over again when the animal jumps up. {Read More}
Calling a Dog To Come
January 22, 2019 by
One of the common behaviors I am asked to train dogs and puppies during their Love Wags A Tail board-and-train program is to come when called. This is a behavior I start working on generally on day one and continue it until the drop-off dog training lesson when I bring the boot camp puppy home. My most recent board-and-train is no exception. He is a very lively, creative, and playful 6-month-old Chocolate Labrador Retriever. Romeo’s one of the happiest pups {Read More}
Intrinsic Puppy Play
January 13, 2019 by
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}
Coral Springs Board-and-Train Dog Jake Exercising
January 3, 2019 by
Jake is a Coral Springs Florida board-and-train student who enrolled in a Love Wags A Tail board-and-train program in the summer of his puppyhood. He returns to train and board from Coral Springs, FL, as a brush-up boot camp when his family goes on vacation. We love it when Jake, the German Dutch Shepherd boy visits. My own dogs love to run and play with Jake. Here is a sample of the good workout Jake got during his recent visit. {Read More}
