Orlando Dog Training

07/10/2024

Hurricane Milton and your pets -

As hurricane Milton approaches, it's crucial to ensure your pets are safe and well-prepared. Here’s a guide to help: 1. Pet Emergency Kit: Prepare a kit with food, water, medications, a first aid kit, waste bags, leash/harness and comfort items. 2. Identification: Ensure pets have updated tags and...

24/07/2024

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...

22/02/2024

Windermere PetFest This Saturday 10am-3pm

03/02/2024

Come To The Windermere Pet Fest

15/12/2023

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.

29/10/2023

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Avoid injury while walking your dog

27/10/2023

18/10/2023

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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.

05/10/2023

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.

22/08/2023

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.

18/08/2023

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.

30/07/2023

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-

27/07/2023

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?

21/07/2023

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.

20/07/2023

Check out my latest video.

06/07/2023

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.

02/07/2023

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.

30/06/2023

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.