Dogs by Linda, LLC

01/26/2025

This!

Quote of the Week

06/26/2024

🎆🐾 Help your dog stay calm during fireworks with this tip! 🧬

📺 🎶 Mask the outside sounds by turning up the volume on the TV, playing soothing music, or running white noise like fans.

✅ By drowning out or making the loud booms less noticeable, you can reduce the stress your dog feels during fireworks displays.

Let's make this holiday fear-free for our furry companions! ❤️🐶

06/20/2024

What makes your dog happy?

For Pippin it's rolling.

06/12/2024

Mouse 5/5/11-6/10/24
Rest in peace my dearest friend.

05/29/2024

Time spent in nature with dogs is never wasted.

04/26/2024

04/12/2024

💯 Excellent walking advice.

04/04/2024

A Mouse with his Moose.

03/23/2024

Happy national puppy day

03/22/2024

03/16/2024

Helpful tip for dogs that seem to listen only when they see food.

This will help your dog listen to you even when they don't see the food in your hand

If your dog is a "show me the money" type of dog, you'll want to start asking for easy behaviors without your dog knowing you have a reward. Start off with saying your dog's name or asking for eye contact. You'll then pull the treat out of your pocket. This will result in your dog starting to listen more without you having to show them the money first.

02/20/2024

This is great

1.....2...3...Separate.
If you watch dogs you will see this can be a normal pattern of behaviour that many dogs display when they naturally encounter others and we can mimic this.
You may have even experienced meetings which suddenly turned about 5 seconds after they met, one dog suddenly got snappy. They may have hung around too long and social cues may have been ignored.
The 3 second "rule" is a good way to help dogs that struggle with reading other dogs.
However, this is NOT for dogs that are hyper excited and are "digging" in to meet others....this likely won't help.
🔵If you have a puppy/dog that is calmer and perhaps unsure, this can help.
🔵Choose your dogs wisely for this and watch the body language of BOTH dogs.
🔵Just because 3 seconds is mentioned....if you see an issue before 3 seconds, advocate and remove your dog.
🔵You can do this on a lead BUT remove the tension on the lead, Tension creates tension.
🔵You can repeat this if signals are good after the first meeting. Some dogs will need 4 - 5 micro meetings over a few minutes to be comfortable.
🔵Don't even attempt if either dog is giving a very clear "No"
🔵Dogs do NOT need to meet every other dog they encounter and encouraging that can be dangerous as you know nothing about the other dog....be choosy with this.
✅If your dog doesn't want to engage with any dog, that is just fine. Every dogs sociability is fluid and many do not enjoy the company of other dogs, and even when they do, they can be very choosy.
If you haven't tried this give this a go.... with a well thought out calmer dog to help your puppy or dog that may be struggling.

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01/25/2024

What you should do when your puppy has something in their mouth.

01/14/2024

This!