Healthy Petz Dog Training

08/16/2024

Congratulations to another round of STAR puppies! These pups and owners all worked so hard to pass their test and we couldn’t be more proud ⭐️🐶

08/15/2024

Anyone else🤣

08/10/2024

Many people are ✨shocked✨ to see that my dogs aren’t super dog-friendly. They’re a dog trainer’s dog, how can they be so mean?

“Mean” because they don’t run up to other dogs, mean because they aren’t dying to meet your dog, mean because they don’t tolerate inappropriate behavior..

To me, they’re an example of dogs with healthy boundaries and relationships to others. It seems to be the “norm” for a lot of dog owners to expect other dogs to tolerate all of their own dog’s behavior. If your child was being harassed by another child, would you tell them to tolerate it? Of course not; we would intervene and the same should be happening for our dogs.

Any inappropriate behavior (posturing, face licking, jumping, excessive sniffing), or really any behavior that makes the receiving dog uncomfortable, should be interrupted or punished.

This can happen in two ways: we intervene which is the preferred method. If your puppy is face-licking your older dog and your older dog isn’t enjoying it/is trying to get away, etc, it is YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to remove the puppy from the older dog. We should not except any dog to tolerate annoying behavior and we certainly don’t want to raise our puppies to continue this. Or if your male dog is excessively sniffing a female dog to the point she’s uncomfortable, you can interrupt or punish that with a “no,” a nick on the ecollar, separating them, etc. It is your responsibility to manage your own dog and advocate for others.

The other option is to allow the receiving dog to correct the inappropriate dog, but this is rarely efficient and should only happen under very strict circumstances. We never want to allow a dog we don’t know to correct our dog. There’s a good chance they won’t, which will teach tolerance, and there’s an equally good chance they will overcorrect, resulting in injury or fight.

Often a puppy is raised where other dogs are expected to tolerate behavior. One day the puppy runs up to a dog and starts behavior that they’ve rehearsed, the new dog doesn’t tolerate it and corrects the dog/starts a fight...

Read the full article here:

https://www.horizonretrievers.com/post/socialization-1

08/09/2024

STAR puppy class having fun!

07/29/2024

New Trick Dog and STAR puppy classes start tomorrow! There are still spots available for the Trick class call Healthy Petz to sign up. 931-486-0077

07/11/2024

It’s hot outside! Trick dog class is a great way to train, bond, exercise and introduce your dog to agility all in the AC! New class starts July 30th at 5pm. No prior training required! Friendly dogs only please.

07/05/2024

06/10/2024

No cheating😁

05/31/2024

New classes!

Trick dog starting at 5pm and STAR puppy 6:15pm on July 30th.

05/22/2024

Congratulations to STAR and Canine Good Citizen classes!

05/20/2024

Great weekend of bonding with our dogs! What activities do you do with your dogs?

05/17/2024

Congratulations to another completed puppy preschool class! This class beat a record with 11 out of 13 of these pups already signed up for our next training class - AKC Star Puppy ⭐️🐶
We are so excited to have so many continuing their training with Healthy Petz

05/08/2024

Upcoming training classes:

Puppy Preschool (up to 5 month old)
May 29 6pm-7pm
July 10th 6pm-7pm

AKC Star Puppy (5-10 months old)
July 11th 6pm-7pm

📞 To sign up, call 931-486-0077

04/17/2024

New classes starting next week! It’s not too late to sign up:

Monday, April 22: Advanced Scentwork with Katie
Tuesday, April 23rd: AKC Star Puppy & Canine Good Citizen with Katie
Thursday, April 25th: Puppy Preschool with Audrey.

📞 Call to sign up now! 931-486-0077

04/17/2024

This town might be big enough for two sheriffs! Congratulations Cash and Shiloh for completing Puppy Preschool!

04/02/2024

Due to inclement weather, Puppy Preschool is cancelled for tonight (April 2). Class will resume next week.

03/29/2024

Be on the look out this weekend for some very “bunny” pictures 🤭 Here is just an adorable sneak peek!

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03/19/2024

New puppy preschool starts tonight!

03/06/2024

Attention all previous scent work students. We have had so much fun teaching this skill that we decided to increase the challenge with advanced scent work! Only available to dogs who have completed a scent works class at Healthy Petz or a similar class.

03/01/2024

Congratulations S.T.A.R puppies!🐶

02/28/2024

Congratulations to these canine good citizens!