When training your pet dog, have a variety of training food at your disposal. Prepping dog training food ahead of time is a sure fire way to be expedient at reinforcement when you need it. Having to prep food at the spur of the moment can be impossible. For example, when you are housetraining your dog or puppy, have a good training food at the ready so it is in your bait pouch everytime you take your pooch outside. If {Read More}
The Bottom Line To Success in Dog Training
April 29, 2017 by
Everybody needs motivation to learn, get things done, and sometimes, just to get out of bed in the morning. Our dogs are no different. Teaching them new behaviors or to maintain ones they’ve learned, in other words to listen to us, requires motivation. We at Love Wags a Tail dog training believe in motivating dogs through food. Not treats. Food. Good food that gets us noticed and gets our dogs and our client dogs to work for us. Reward based {Read More}
Please Consider Rescuing a Shelter Dog
April 3, 2017 by
Orphaned dogs who need rescuing, rehoming, and another chance aren’t damaged goods. Everyone of them has a story to tell and every single dog needs training to become a beloved companion. Puppies, adults, seniors are in shelters needing another chance. By adopting and investing time in your new dog’s training, their lives will be dramtically improved. If they don’t get training, they don’t know what behaviors will get them the attention they desire, so they make their own choices. I {Read More}
What It Takes: Preparation
June 15, 2016 by
You’ve got 15 essential items in your cart, so can’t go through the 10 items or less lane. You chose the shortest of the long lines. You’re next up, your turn is near! So you have your reusable bags and ATM card ready. Then the customer in front of you disputes the price on an item, which causes a procession of calling a clerk to go check on the price, which is found out to be labeled on the shelf {Read More}
Say Uncle Dog Training
April 22, 2016 by
When you were a kid, were you ever made to say uncle? That meant being pinned down, or put in a physical and emotional position that hurt, and until you said the word “uncle,” you remained in pain. I was in a position like this once. I was in 6th grade. I had a male relative, around my age, who was not as tall as I was, and somehow got a grip on me. “Say uncle!” he laughed. I refused. {Read More}
