Easy as 1 – 2 – 3

You learned in class this week how to ‘sit’ your puppy by directing his head with a treat. ‘Trainer speak’ for this teaching method is “Luring”. It’s called that because your puppy wound up sitting while his nose was following the treat or the ‘lure’. He didn’t make a decision to sit, it happened by [...]

Vision – The Dog Language

Dogs don’t have spoken language capability. They naturally read body language. They can tell if we’ve had a bad day, if we’re stressed, happy or anxious by looking at our faces or the set of our shoulders. I expect they can read tiny changes in our expressions that even other people miss. But we train [...]

Train your dog

Train you dog to fetch the paper

#1 Take it slow when teaching your dog new behaviors.

#2 Teach your dog to fetch the paper in 5 steps.

#3 Link several behaviors to teach your dog new tricks.

Teach your dog faster with Play

#1 Dogs learn fastest and best when playing.

#2 Have fun and enjoy your dog training, you’ll [...]