Finishing School for Dogs

08/24/2024

08/24/2024

Love this trainer you guys can YouTube her and find anything you need help with. I’ve taken workshops from her and met her in person. She’s amazing. 

I don’t get attached to the dogs I work with at all!!!! Season 10 of It’s Me or the Dog starts in 2 days on the REALLY channel and will be on all It’s Me or the Dog socials soon as well as Discovery + UK. (Btw I don’t use tennis balls with any dog because they can be a choking hazard, but he found one buried deep in his toy box and loved showing it to us all.)

08/24/2024

Credit - Hey Buddy Comics

08/24/2024

At Advanced Pet Care Clinic in Cedar Falls, Iowa, our mission has always been to provide the highest standard of care for your pets. As part of this commitment, we decided to pursue Fear Free certification, ensuring that every visit to our clinic is as stress-free and pleasant as possible for both pets and their owners. Here’s what it means for you and your furry family to bring your pet in to see a Fear Free Vet and Fear Free trained staff for your veterinary needs.

https://www.advancedpetcareclinic.com/services/blog/fear-free-vet-cedar-falls-advanced-pet-care-clinic

07/15/2024

I don’t understand why people would rather hurt their dog for training instead of using positive reimbursement. I have a lot of clients that call me to cancel training because they want to use a balance approach. I’m a positive only trainer and so I’m not a balanced trainer.  balanced training means treats and physical corrections. If a good trainer has studied behavior physical corrections are not needed. Balanced training sounds wonderful i.e., balanced, life, work and personal, balanced meal vegetables, meat and fruit. But Dog Training is not good. Science studies have proven that using physical correction can shut your dog down and create fearfulness. For example, tell my dog to stay. I walk away if she gets up a balance trainer well then proceeded to yank her neck severely and put her back where she gets and do it again. If she stays then she’ll get a treat. Here’s my way of doing it. I tell the dog to stay for one second and put a treat in the dogs mouth and then I release it and walk around. I work my way up to three minutes. If the dog breaks the day, I shrug my shoulders. I show the dog the treat and I walk away and say too bad. then 10 seconds later I will ask the dog to sit and stay and usually the dog will. The dog thinks oh my God I could’ve had a treat better. Instead of oh my God, she’s going to hurt me. I better stay. Lot of education and human behavior, child psychology, animal behavior, and animals psychology. There’s no need to hurt your dog. It’s just like training children. If they do something wrong when they’re in the learning phase, you don’t hurt them instead you teach them what they should do. It’s a mistake. No need to hurt them They are learning. I wish trainers would cross over and become purely positive and take more educational classes 

06/01/2024

Two very sweet young parakeets need forever home. $300 includes the cage, the toys, the food and the treats text 319-215-3336 if you are interested. 

05/19/2024

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05/19/2024

05/02/2024

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05/02/2024

One of my favorite trainers. I met her in person as we both took the same workshop from Karen Pryor. Inventor of clicker training and a marine biologist. I’ve also taken workshops from Victoria Stilwell. She is amazing and so is her show ❤️🐕

Last year we filmed another ten episodes of It’s Me or the Dog which I’m excited to announce will air this summer. It’s the best season yet so tune in. More details soon but it will air in the UK first as well as other territories around the world but will also be online in some form on all It’s Me or the Dog social media platforms! Pictured here with some members of my amazing crew getting ready to film some fab training techniques!

04/15/2024

Fading!!

04/13/2024

Beautiful golden retriever needs forever home. She is 3 years old. Born June 3. She is Up-to-date on shots and spayed. She isgreat with children and other animals. She needs a home that has the availability to walk her a few times a day and make her a part of your life. She needs lots of exercise and a lot of chew toys. The current owner is heartbroken but she’s a very busy person and realizes her poor dog doesn’t get out of the kennel much. Please no judgments. Contact me if interested. 

03/30/2024

03/30/2024

It's no accident that was the model for our infographic called "Ring Me." We created it with the help of author/illustrator Lili Chin, .

German Shepherd Dogs developed as the breed we know today in the 1890s by Max Emil Friedrich von Stephanitz. Shepherds herded flocks as well as protected them. Today, helps humans track and assist with mobility issues and other jobs.

Ring Me is currently used by many of Dog Latin's clients to give their dogs a heads-up that their environment is about to change. Humans bred many dogs to react to these changes.

Our infographic layers predictability into unpredictable situations like a front door opening. relied on Ring Me as he adjusted to his busy new home at the Chief of Mission Residence (CMR) of the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw, Poland.

The CMR's first level is an active, busy place with the business of U.S.-Poland relations always in play. Teddy lives a mere one story above the bustle. Along with management strategies, Teddy learned that comings and goings were daily life.

Dogs require sleep on average between 12-14 hours per day. Being startled by a person opening a door and walking through is common for many dogs, regardless of breed.

Dogs displaying aggressive behaviors toward humans need veterinarian assistance to rule out pain and other medical issues.

Do you have questions? Feel free to ask.

03/28/2024

Summer Vacations and separation anxiety in Dogs:

Even if you have a pet sitter that will live in your house when you’re out on vacation, your dog could still have an experience a lot of stress. As you will see when reading this you will need to start a good eight months to a year before you go on a 10 to 14 day trip. 

Here are my recommendations to overcome this for your dog:

Step 1; desensitizing your dog to your suit case
— bring your suitcase out once or twice a week for a whole day. And then put it away. Do this all the time.

Step 2; desensitizing your dog to the pet sitter
— have your pet sitter come over one day a week for two weeks for approximately an hour the first time and 45 minutes a second time. Make sure to take your suitcase out and pack it with one or two things and then put your suitcase over by the front door. 

Step 3; desensitizing your dog to you being gone.
— have pet sitter come over and you guys go for half a day 3 to 4 hours. Go to a game. Have a good time. Try to do this once or twice a week. 
— after 2 to 3 weeks of practicing the above; have the pet sitter come over and go for an entire day. Going a nice big day trip. Go to Dubuque enjoy the city.  Try to do this once a week for two or three weeks.
—  after 2 to 3 weeks of day tripping start going away for an overnight .
— after two or three weeks of overnight, taking go for a weekend .
— after three or four weekends go for a three or four day mini vacation .
— after a few months of different mini vacations, go and enjoy your 10 day trip in the Bahamas stress-free for you and your dogs .

03/13/2024

Sweet Jack Russell needs forever home. His name is Leo. He’s four years old. He is neutered and up-to-date on shots. He’s had a really rough start in life and needs a special someone. Here’s a little bit about him.:

Leo doesn't like new people and he has never warmed up to anyone he will get defensive right away and attack. He doesn't get along with other animals he gets very jealous of them and jealous of other people and will attack. He is very territorial with people that he is bonded to like me. He is always super anxious and on high alert.

He will need a muzzle on until he can work through his issues with someone. (1- Free in home lesson to the new family)

I have a muzzle, food, toys, a kennel.

To me and my grandma he is very loving and loves to play all the time. He loves going on walks and adventures as he is very curious. When going on a walk he doesn't growl or bark at other animals but he will sometimes at people.

When inside the house he barks at EVERYTHING! Every single little noise he's already on high alert.

To his new family these behaviors can all be modified. He just needs someone willing to help him. (I will train the new family how to modify this behavior.)

03/07/2024

This sweet sweet dog needs a forever home. Whoever gets to adopt her will have a free private in-home Dog Training lesson to help you with any issues you may experience. That is $185 value.

Here is her bio:

Tokala is a 1 year old blue/red heeler. She is a fun, energetic goof ball. She loves to hang on her tree tug and chase around the jolly balls outside.
She is very smart but also very stubborn. She knows how to sit, stand, down, wait, stay, and kennel. She is kennel trained but prefers to be out of it. Tokala loves to be around and play with other dogs but needs time to get to know them first. She is house trained for the most part. The only issue is she will silently show you she needs to go outside, so if you miss her que she will have an accident.
Tokala will need to be with someone who is willing to take it slow with her as she is uncomfortable with stangers. She will also need to go into a home with older kids who are willing to work with her and no cats. She is true to her breed and is pretty mouthy. She will nip when she is excited or is trying to get someone to stop what they are doing if she doesn't like it. She will need to be on a leash or behind a tall fence at all times as she also loves to chase cars.
Overall, she is an amazing dog who deserves the world but needs an experience and patient person to help her.

02/26/2024

Dog Training springtime, summertime and fall time. I hold outdoor dog classes during the seasons. And they all specifically concentrate on calming behavior in an outdoor environment around other dogs and people they don’t know. And we also cover the basic manners. Did you know that many of my clients that live out of town in small surrounding areas Pitchin for me to travel and hold group classes on a six week basis? I love traveling and having a six dog class and a small town and it’s in someone’s backyard. Whoever hosts it; in their backyard, only has to help pay for travel fee.  The host gets the group class for free. 

02/08/2024

I used to put together the Cedar Valley dog newsletter, years and years ago. This was in my memories. Still holds through today. Good article. 

https://cedarvalleydog.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/proper-care-of-stray-animals/?

Strayed or lost … what to do? When you find an animal wandering, what steps should you take to reunite them with their owner and keep yourself safe? “One should be careful when approaching a stray …

01/24/2024

01/19/2024

Lately, I’ve had a lot of clients complain about veterinarians, telling them to teach their dogs to submit.

Some of the veterinarians that I refer people to have really disappointed me. I thought they were positive veterinarians.

Understand this human beings, do not roll your dogs over and make them submit, especially for nail trimming. Do not kick your knees up to prevent your dog from jumping.

Instead call me let me tell you a better way to communicate with your dog through behavioral training not physical force. Physical force is never OK. 

01/13/2024

Best kind of neighbors!!

12/28/2023

Day training. This program is perfect for the working mom and dad. Call or text to inquire 319-215-3336. Ask for Roxy. 
I come to your home and train your dog with or without you there. And you will have weekly transfer lessons. To transfer what your dog already knows to you. 

Finishing School for Dogs, Dog Training, Pet Training, Potty Training, Board and Train

12/24/2023

Supporting Ukraine is on my mind. Please don’t forget about them. My mom‘s flowers are in dedication to them. 

12/23/2023

Don't release them!