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Dog-focused, relationship-based training tips to help ensure you maintain a happy and healthy connection with your pet.
Choosing the Right Dog for Your Senior Years
A dog can be a wonderful additional source of love, companionship, and entertainment when you're in your retirement, but it's doubly important to choose the right dog for your lifestyle, to avoid unnecessary challenges. We know how easy it can be to fall in love with...
What is Holistic Dog Training?
When trying to choose a training method for your dog, you'll be flooded with options—but not many of them truly take the big picture into account. If you like the sound of understanding your dog's behaviours and addressing issues at the root, in the place where they...
Understand How Using Your Hands Impacts Your Dog
Training a dog properly takes time, and we know that when you're feeling tired and frustrated it can be tempting to use your hands to make your dog do what you want. Here's why that approach does more harm than good. Trust is everything Remember that your dog makes...
How to Establish a Loving and Respectful Relationship with your Dog
Your dog is happy and relaxed when she feels safe and secure. Safety is more than a fenced yard and leashed walks. She must feel that her family (pack) is strong and will provide the needs of survival. If she feels that this leadership is missing, she will stress and...
Three Important Rules of Pet Communication
Your dog doesn’t speak English, and you don’t speak Dog, but you can still communicate effectively with each other. Your vocal tones and body language communicate volumes, but you should know that there are some instincts you might have that could set you back in your...
Top 10 Tips Every Dog Owner Should Know
The greatest misconception many dog owners have is to assume their dogs think the way people do. Always Keep in Mind: 1. A dog is a dog Dogs instinctively follow the same rules and exhibit many of the same behavioural patterns as their wild ancestors. To effectively...
Avoid the Winter Dog Blues
The winter blues don't affect only humans—your pet can also get a bit down during the dark, icy months. Use these tips to keep your dog happy and healthy all winter long! It may be cold out, but ... get your exercise! Cold weather can make it tempting to skip...
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