Dog Training Tips And Advice
Honoring your senior dog: reconsidering additions -
Having a multiple-dog family can be fun but also challenging. Balancing different personalities, managing feeding times, and ensuring everyone gets enough exercise and attention requires effort and loads of time because training has to be done separately. Generally, I don't recommend puppies from th...
Windermere PetFest This Saturday 10am-3pm
Come To The Windermere Pet Fest
Dogs on-leash shouldn't meet other dogs on-leash. There are simply too many things that can go wrong in a millisecond. Instead, let dogs meet in an off-leash environment. But only if the two dogs are matched in affiliative behavior, size and energy level.
Using indoor dog gates can quickly transform those chaotic moments when people come to your door into calm ones – and gates have many other dog-management uses, too.
Messing with a dog’s food or taking away toys does not prevent resource guarding but could actually cause it. If you want to train him to get used to having things taken away, always trade for a high-value treat and then give the toy back right away. For the food bowl, don’t take the food away. Rather, toss high-value treats in his bowl while he is eating to convey to the dog that a human’s approach is actually desirable. I cringe when I hear of people simply pulling a dog's food bowl mid-meal to "teach him a lesson." It is disrespectful and unnecessary. Of course, if your dog is already resource-guarding these things, contact me.
This is a great quote from Allie Bender's book, Canine Enrichment for the Real World.
"As animal lovers and pet owners have known for a long time, dogs are not robots designed to cater to our every whim. They have personalities, preferences, fears, and desires. And with those come the innate need to have some measure of control over their environment."
The key to a happy, mentally healthy dog is giving her a choice.
Let go of the human-centered idea that failure leads to success if you keep trying. Instead, train in successive approximations and make the tasks incredibly easy. You can make things harder as you go along, but only if she continues to be successful. In other words, the dog shouldn’t fail at anything.
Some of you might not like this view, but this article encapsulates my very thoughts on the subject of no-kill shelters. Check it out.https://www.whole-dog-journal.com/blog/long-term-sheltering-in-no-kill-shelters/?MailingID=2522&sc=BL20230727-&st=email&utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Long-Term+Sheltering+in+No-Kill+Shelters&utm_campaign=BL20230727-
I get this often. “What do I do when my dog lunges and barks at dogs and/or people?” What I see people doing is punishing the dog for this behavior. But if you replaced this dog with a human child, it would be fearfulness. And you wouldn’t punish a child for being fearful of strangers. You might pair those strangers from a distance with candy and never force the child to approach. But allow the child to approach on their own terms. This is overly simplistic, but not for dog training. Replace the child with the dog and replace the candy with a very high-value treat, and usually, dogs come around over time. But don’t attempt this on your own. Ask for help from a qualified force-free trainer. Questions anyone?
If you have a question about your dog or need some free advice, post your question here on this FB page. I have almost 10 years of experience working with all sorts of dogs in all sorts of situations, and I would love to share my knowledge.
Check out my latest video.
There are three components to potty training a puppy.
A. Take the puppy out often, possibly every 30 minutes, if they are out of the crate.
B. Reward heavily with treats within 2-3 seconds after the puppy has defecated in the backyard, and don't use pads indoors.
C. Never reprimand accidents in the house. It is the human's fault that the puppy had an accident, so roll up a newspaper really tight and hit yourself over the head.
Big swaths of the country are experiencing higher-than-normal temperatures, and here in Florida, temperatures are blazing. I noticed yesterday in a public location called the Armatage in Tampa that people were bringing their dogs with them. This isn't a good idea! I can see that their paws are burning on the pavers. Make sure you feel the pavement, sidewalk, and especially fake grass and pavers that they aren't too hot. And consider keeping your dogs indoors between 9:am and 7:pm. It is simply too hot.
https://topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/consumer-products/pet/petsafe-shock-collars-falsely-advertised-as-harmless-class-action-claims/ Shock collars are not safe for your dog.
Radio Systems markets its PetSafe shock collars as being safe and harmless, when they actually harm pets physically and psychologically, a new class action lawsuit alleges.
I see too many people pulling their dogs when they are smelling. Scenting is absolutely the most enjoyable and important thing to a dog and is primarily the reason why they love to go outside.
Our dogs "see" the world through scent, and allowing them to interact with their environment through their noses taps into an often-overlooked processing tool.
Most of you who have had me work with your dogs might notice that I usually use the terms “cues” or “behaviors,” not “commands.”
In part, this is because I am teaching you, the human, and not necessarily the dog. Much of my nearly 10 years of working as a dog trainer has been working on my human skills and making sure you understand how to train a dog.
So why do you not hear me say “commands?” Because what that does in your human brain is elicit an authoritative state of mind, possibly encouraging you to speak harsher or louder than is necessary to your dog. Read more by getting on my email list for monthly tips. PM me through FB.
This post below is from Poodle and Pooch Rescue. Puppy mills are bad and produce problem dogs behaviorally and when that happens, shelters and rescues fill up.
Don’t be fooled! Bright Pets, the commercial dog breeding facility that may be approved on Thursday, has a brand new website as of yesterday. He’s seen your opposition to his puppy factory and he’s running for cover! He’s taken down his web pages showing his puppy selling business and expects us to believe he’s a professional “dog shower.”
Despite being on the puppy mill lists in Ontario, despite years of making millions selling puppies, he now says that as of yesterday, he’s just a dog shower who also sells puppies but not “at retail” because he won’t have a “sign.” Well, it’s not 1972. You don’t need a sign to sell puppies, as he well knows, based on his extremely successful on-line puppy selling business in Canada.
Similarweb shows that his company, Bright Pets, makes between $2 million and $5 million in annual revenue, certainly enough to pay $750,000 cash for the Orange County property where he will build his breeding warehouse. He’s placed in 3 Columbian dog shows per his website, congratulations! But we know that dog shows don’t pay millions, puppy factories do. We aren't stupid and we won’t be fooled.
Our Canadian friends are warning us— do not let this operation start up in the United States!
Please keep up your opposition. Come to the hearing on Thursday, May 4 at 201 S. Rosalind Ave, 1st floor. Be there by noon wearing a red shirt.
Visit the link in our bio for additional resources, including a petition and a letter template for contacting local officials.
Edited · 2h
| 09:00 - 20:00 |
Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Orlando Dog Training posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Want your business to be the top-listed Pet Store/pet Service?
