A Better Dog 4U

A Better Dog 4U One-On-One Reinforcement & Relationship Based In-Home Dog Training, Behavior Issue Consulting Services for Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha, Marion Area.

We offer One-On-One Reinforcement & Relationship Based Dog Training, Consulting and behavior modification services for the Cedar Rapids, Hiawatha, Marion Area. Contact Us Today and ask us how to make training your dog much more fun for both of you with our "2 Minute Dog Training Method."

Training a dog is much more than getting it to SIT, LAY DOWN, or COME when you tell it to. Training involves teaching yo...
02/03/2025

Training a dog is much more than getting it to SIT, LAY DOWN, or COME when you tell it to.

Training involves teaching your dog to think and then respond correctly. This is called "learning."

When I train a dog, I'm teaching it to make the correct decision based on experience. By using consistency during the learning process, the dog figures out very quickly what gets the reward and what doesn't pay.

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02/03/2025
Foster needed. Can YOU help?
02/03/2025

Foster needed. Can YOU help?

‼️ FOSTER NEEDED ‼️

Do you have a dog-free home? Preferably maybe cat-free too.. we're not sure yet... We could really use your help to temporarily foster one of our sweet girls while they go through heartworm treatment.

We need a foster for her for probably somewhere around 3 to 4 months? She's on the antibiotic that they have to be on first before they get their first heartworm injection to start killing off the heartworm invasion so we're kind of in a crunch here with just a few weeks left to get her out of the shelter environment. It's too chaotic and loud and when a dog is going through heartworm treatment they have to stay quiet and rested and not get their heart rate up.

Freya is just amazing. She's so beautiful. She's so sweet. And she needs a very low key quiet home to go hang out in for a few months. Dogs Forever will pay for absolutely everything. Food, medical, treats, kennel, whatever you need. If you could just give her lots of love, lots of patience, your kindness and your big heart. She is about 65 lb or so and would be best in a home setting and not in an apartment.

Please put in an application to be a foster if you are able to help us. It's the same application as our adoption but you'll see where there's the option for you to foster or adopt.

If you have any questions please let us know.

https://dogsforever.org/adopting-from-dogs-forever/adoption-foster-form/

It's "Sunday Funnies" time again!
02/02/2025

It's "Sunday Funnies" time again!

Wow, what a nice day for the end of January. 53 degrees and party sunny.Starsky and I took advantage of the weather and...
01/30/2025

Wow, what a nice day for the end of January. 53 degrees and party sunny.

Starsky and I took advantage of the weather and did a 2.5 mile long sniffari and then spent some quality time on the porch.

All that I can say now is ... "Come On Spring"

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Cedar Rapids, IA
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Starsky and his stunt double (Stewart) got together after the "Dogs in the Park" event this afternoon.

Chai came to the "Small Challenges Course" yesterday for a little confidence building session. He surprised us with his ability to take on the course "head on" We just took his leash off and let him explore for about 10 mins. Within a 1/2 hour he had it all figured out.

Starsky and Stella playing in the pool on a hot summer day!

Starsky is waiting for Santa Paws to arrive 😍.

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Reward Based Dog Training for Cedar Rapids and the surrounding area.

Attention Dogs in the Park Participants ... At 11:15 it started raining and the area in both parks will just be too wet to work. I think we'll postpone both groups until next Saturday at the same times and locations. 11am Hughes Park 1:30pm Cherry Hill Park Please make sure that you message me or let me know if you can still attend next Saturday. If not, I'll need some time to fill any empty spots. I need to know by Thursday Morning at the latest. If I don't hear from you, I will assume that you can't make it and I'll fill the spot. Thanks, Mike

We will be starting up the "Dogs in the Park" events this weekend. This is a 1-hour meet and greet for reactive dogs and their owners. We did several of these events last summer and it helped all of the dogs that participated. If you have a reactive dog, and I have had at least one session with you, you are eligible to come. I'm going to keep the groups small (4-5 dogs) so that I can work with everyone. If you are interested, message me, email me or call to be added to the group. This Saturday's event is full but we will be doing them most every weekend throughout the summer.

When Starsky gets bored he looks for ways to amuse himself. (I keep telling him not to play with his food)

Our morning play session was crazy (as usual) and Starsky all of the sudden went to the door and wanted outside. Then this happened ...

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Helping Dogs, and the Humans Who Love Them!

A Better Dog 4U offers Dog Obedience Training as well as Tips and Insights that will help give you a better understanding of your dog.

Living a happy and fulfilling life with your dog begins with an open line of communication. Once this communication is open, training is simply showing your dog what you want and expect from it.

At A Better Dog 4U our training methods are personality and relationship based. Our behavior reinforcement training is time proven and it gets results while making it fun for your dog to learn.

Successful dog training revolves around knowing the dog first. Training begins with understanding your dog’s personality, knowing it’s likes and dislikes and accurately timing reinforcement when a behavior is done correctly. Using consistent communication is the final step to successfully training a dog.