Using dog-friendly methods to train your dog requires rewarding him a lot. This speeds upthe training process and enhances learning because dogs do more of what they getrewarded for. In other words, if you give your dog a tasty treat
WHY DOES MY DOG PLAY DEAF WHEN I CALL HIM?
Teaching your dog to come when called can be quite a challenge not so much because he’s stubborn or willful, but because humans inadvertently make training mistakes. Before helping you to improve your dog’s recall, let me mention some of
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PLAY BITING
Young puppies don’t know the difference between their toys, your belongings, and your hands. When it comes to playing and chewing, anything goes. Their needle-sharp teeth can hurt you, so it’s understandable that you’ll try to spare your hands by
SOME TIPS TO MAKE THE BEST OF REWARDS
When I studied learning theory – the science of how animals learn – I learned amazing ways to manage rewards in such a way that your training becomes much more effective. Let me share some of them with you and
DOGS AND CHILDREN – AVOID A COMMON SITUATION WHERE YOUR CHILD MAY GET BITTEN
Dogs and children share something magical between them, but that magic doesn’t happen just by itself. Although many dogs are extremely tolerant to what children do to them – fur and tail pulling, for example – this shouldn’t be seen
STAYING MOTIVATED – IT CAN BE HARD!
So often we’re told that, if we cannot motivate ourselves to achieve something, we’ll never achieve anything. That’s true, of course, because if we don’t take action we won’t reach our goals. So the usual line of thinking goes something
NUTRITION – CHOOSING THE RIGHT FOOD
Some owners prefer to give their puppy a home-cooked diet; others prefer to give a commercially prepared food, such as dry kibble or moist tinned food. Dry kibble is pellets of food packed in sealed bags. The question that concerns
SOME TIPS FOR TEACHING YOUR DOG NOT TO JUMP UP ON YOU
I’m sure you’ve often been told to ignore your dog when he jumps on you. While this is true, the information is incomplete because by the time you ignore jumping, the first jump will have occurred already! So what should
DEALING WITH YOUR EASILY FRUSTRATED DOG
If you happen to have one of those dogs that gets frustrated easily, this article offers you some solutions. First of all, you should understand that dogs use their mouth and paws for just about anything. So when it comes