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Dog-focused, relationship-based training tips to help ensure you maintain a happy and healthy connection with your pet.
How to Stop Your Dog From Jumping on You
When your puppy jumps up at you, it may seem cute or even funny. After all, an excited dog can be quite adorable. However, small dogs grow larger, and this type of behaviour can be off-putting for visitors, and even dangerous for small children. If you're ready to...
What to do if Your Dog Starts Slipping Back into Old Habits
You’ve spent a lot of time and effort training your dog to behave appropriately, but after a while you begin to notice your pet slipping back into bad habits. It’s a common scenario! Thankfully, it's not as difficult to fix as you might think. Here's where to start....
Understanding Dog Aggression
By understanding the reasons for the aggression and addressing them, you can help your dog overcome aggressive behaviours. Aggression is one of the most unwanted and least understood behaviours in dogs. Many dog owners fear that aggression can’t be treated, which...
Understand the Importance of Dog Training
Training your dog isn’t a luxury or a ‘cute’ idea. It has a greater importance than most people realize. It’s also not something that just anyone can do, especially without an understanding of how dogs think and behave. Why Dog Training is Important Pack leaders and...
Hazards for Your Dog in Summer
Summer safety isn’t just for humans. Your dog may want to enjoy being outdoors in the summer, but you need to watch out for summer safety hazards that could put your pooch at risk. Here are some things you should watch out for this summer in order to protect your dog....
Bringing your Dog into a Strange Home with a Resident Dog
This can cause stress for the incoming dog as well as the current dog or dogs. It is important to understand how to handle introducing dogs in order to ensure a harmonious life for everyone involved. This can cause stress for the incoming dog as well as the current...
Helping your Dog Adjust When Relocating to a New Home
Moving suddenly to another home can be as stressful for your dog as it is for you. To make the transition easier, here are some tips: When taking things in and out of the car or truck, make sure your dog is secured in a crate. This will keep him safe and help him feel...
Are You a Responsible Dog Owner?
Think you have what it takes to be a great dog owner? It is your responsibility to ensure that your dog can adjust well and live safely in a human society. Think you have what it takes to be a great dog owner? It is your responsibility to ensure that your dog can...
Take it Outside
Summer is the perfect time for taking your dog outdoors for a little fun and games, but it’s also the perfect time to work on training your pup. There are lots of training “games” you can play with your pet to make the hard work seem like fun. Summer is the perfect...
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