Clever Canidae Dog Training

10/31/2024

Have a happy & safe HOWL-oween!🎃

Everyone's entitled to one good scare for Halloween, but not when it comes to your pet's health! 👻

10/31/2024

Wishing you and your pets a safe and enjoyable day!

10/30/2024

Take advantage of this opportunity! Some of your questions may be featured as a topic in a future post!

10/29/2024

😂😂😂Does your dog bark a lot? We can help! Call today for a behavior assessment!

10/25/2024

We are the dog mental health specialists! If you think your dog could be displaying signs of anxiety, contact us for a behavioral evaluation today!

10/23/2024

Not long ago, dogs were valued primarily for the jobs they performed, such as hunting, herding livestock, and guarding property, all of which required boundless energy and a wariness of strangers. But “as more city dwellers adopt pets, and cultural shifts have led dogs and people to spend more time inside, some behaviors that made dogs appealing to our ancestors have become maladaptive,” Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods write. A dog wary of strangers is tough to take for a walk, for instance, and gets consigned to a fenced-in yard where it can’t spend its energy. https://theatln.tc/YWRfWeSv

“Dogs have gone from working all day and sleeping outside to relaxing on the couch and sleeping in our beds,” the authors write. “Thousands of years of domestication couldn’t prepare dogs for this abrupt transition.”

Dog owners have attempted to correct for this by picking a hypoallergenic breed, a smart breed, a breed that is supposedly good with children—but the main thing a breed usually tells you is what your dog will look like.

“Service dogs are the exception and the answer to the domestication puzzle,” Hare and Woods write. “For more than a century, service dogs have had to sit quietly in a café, calmly negotiate the stress and noise of urban life, and interact gently with children. They can do this not because they are smarter than pet dogs, but because ... service dogs are uniquely friendly. Unlike most pet dogs, service dogs are attracted to strangers, even as puppies. And increasing friendliness seems to have changed these dogs’ biology, just as it did thousands of years ago.”

“We believe these changes are the early signs of a third wave in dog domestication,” the authors continue. “If dog lovers shift their demand from a dog’s hair color and tail length to their comfort with strangers and new places, this friendliness could quickly ripple through the population and become amplified with each successive generation … A breeding program that prioritizes a friendly temperament could show results within just a few decades.”

In the meantime, as the third wave of domestication gets under way, humans must continue caring for the pets they have now.

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10/21/2024

Is your dog ripping your arm off on walks? Our techniques are stress-free and pain-free! Safe effective harness included with any training package!

10/11/2024

10/03/2024

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09/30/2024

Happy graduation day Duke!

09/26/2024

Be weather aware

09/25/2024

09/23/2024

09/14/2024

An ethical dog trainer will explain how your dog is seeing the environment and help them to cope with it better.

An ethical dog trainer will gather information, use rewards, avoid intimidation and never put a nasty collar on your dog to make them do something more convenient.

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09/12/2024

With Friday the 13th coming up, we would like to try to turn some of our adoptable animals luck around. We will be doing free adoptions for the day. Turn an unlucky day into a lucky one by coming to adopt a new best friend!
(This special will not include black cats)

09/10/2024

🍂🐕 Join Our Fall Loose Leash Walking Class at Clinton Nature Reserve! 🐕🍂

09/09/2024

Happy graduation day Chichi! She made great progress towards overcoming her anxiety towards people, other dogs, riding in the car and public places!

09/08/2024

08/26/2024

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08/25/2024

📣 📣Group Class Update!
Our group obedience class is from October 1st to October 29th! If you or someone you know is looking for dog training, this is a great chance to join. 🐾🐶🐕‍🦺

🗓️New Dates: October 1 - October 29
⏰6:30pm
📍Location: Winston, GA

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08/15/2024

Congratulations to Rocky who completed our 4 week Polite Pup board & train!