Although it’s quite natural to dogs, hole digging isn’t always welcomed by their people. When dogs dig up our flower beds, lawn, and other botanical wonders it can send some of us into shock. We love our dogs, but the gardener in us loves the fruits of our green thumb, and competing with our dogs for digging space can be a puzzler to figure out. I can help. Contact me for methods to keep peace between you and your dog {Read More}
Joyful Dog Training
January 7, 2014 by
Here is a fun video of me and my dog enjoying ourselves during a training session. We’re gearing up for a holiday video to come towards the end of the year. That takes a lot of planning! Meanwhile, if you and your dog don’t have as much fun as we do training, contact me for an appointment to get started bringing joy into your dog training sessions. By Helen Verte Certified Pet Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed, Certified Trick Dog Instructor {Read More}
Puppy Training
January 3, 2014 by
Puppies have so much to learn and it’s important to start them off as soon as possible. Socialization, for example, has a small window of opportunity, and that window needs to be exploited. There are many behaviors a puppy needs to learn. Housetraining and impulse control are two big ones to start. And as cute as they are, puppies have razor sharp teeth and they need to learn where to use them. Before your puppy gets to practice habits that {Read More}
Housetraining A Dog
January 2, 2014 by
Do you have a new puppy who needs housetraining? Have you adopted an adult dog whose house training skills are rusty? Or perhaps your dog was never completely housebroken, and you want to start fresh to housetrain your dog right. Even a senior dog can be house trained or re-housetrained. As long as a dog is in good health, s/he can be housetrained. The most efficient path to a housetrained dog is through Love Wags A Tail’s Housetraining 123 board-and-train {Read More}
Dog Training Fun and Social Facilitation from Frasier, RDWRER
December 29, 2013 by
I think my all-time favorite television show has got to be Frasier. The writing, cast, and especially the well-trained JRTs, Eddie and in later episodes, Enzo, made it a fabulous comedy series. I still haven’t watched all the episodes, and came across this one a couple days ago and have watched it four times already. It’s Frasier‘s Happy New Year episode of the millennium, and JRT Eddie had a couple of fabulous moments in the plot that were laugh-out-loud pleasures. {Read More}
