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Dog-focused, relationship-based training tips to help ensure you maintain a happy and healthy connection with your pet.
What to expect (and what NOT to expect) from your puppy
If you are a first-time puppy owner, we’ve got you! While puppies will take a lot of time and effort no matter what, your first year together will be so much smoother and much more fun if you know how to avoid these common communication pitfalls. It's a whole new...
It’s Spring! What Does That Mean For Your Dog?
Nothing ruins a beautiful day like your dog ending up sick, hurt, or at the vet. While you might not love thinking about safety precautions, there are definitely some extra dangers that come with spring. Take a moment to consider these hazards so you and your pup can...
Dog Bites: Facts and Prevention
Dogs are sweet and loyal, and they’re our best friends, but it's still estimated that there are over 500,000 dog bites in Canada a year. That's approximately a bite every 60 seconds! Even one is too many, and the truth is: almost every single bite is preventable....
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...
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Cheryl Faubert
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