Shy Puppy Small Adventure

Owners of shy puppies and dogs enroll their dogs in Love Wags A Tail board-and-train for housetraining because shy doggos also need housetraining. Gaining trust is a process that helps to build a rapport with the pooch needing house breaking and I work with them as much as possible to get there. When they go home, owners get specialized videos about their dog’s traiing so they can keep up the maintenance and growth training that goes along with housetraining. Luna {Read More}

Doorbell Use For Squirrel Patrol

When certain puppies and dogs come to Love Wags A Tail dog training for housetraining or housebreaking board-and-train boot camp, they may learn to ring a doorbell. This depends on if they live on the ground floor of an apartment or condominium, or in a house. Clients have told me that their dogs also use their doorbells to relay the message that the puppy or dog wants to go outside for activities other than potty training. I recently recorded my {Read More}

Crate and Housetraining for a Puppy

Gracie was about 10 weeks old when she visited Love Wags A Tail board and train dog training. She came to me as a crate screamer with no off switch. Gracie is a Shih Tzu – Bichon girlie mix (Shichon), who knows what she wants and she isn’t shy about letting the entire world know about it. With day-by-day training, I set up a protocol for the owner to use to quiet Gracie down. Prior to the little pup’s stay {Read More}

Five Reasons To Feed Your Dog On A Schedule

Why should dogs be fed on a daily schedule rather than free fed? 1. If you’re housetraining a dog or puppy, putting the pooch on a routine feeding schedule will help regulate the when and where of the output. 2. Leaving food out all day makes for stale food, but keeping food in a sealed container or bag prior to feeding your dog keeps the food fresh and tasty. 3. Food left out all day will attract ants, flies, and {Read More}

Housetraining A Puppy In The Rain

Elsa was a wet weather phenomenon over our yard. Wet weather or not, I had a client’s Pug puppy to housetrain. So we put on our big girl pants and got to work on the housetraining job under a purple parasol while the rains came down. Luna the Pug and I were out for her first morning walk. We sheltered under the awnings to avoid the hard rains, and ventured out when the drops softened a bit. We celebrated when {Read More}