by Dee Hoult | Oct 26, 2018 | Dog Training
Within the dog training community there’s a lot of misconceptions about the term positive reinforcement. In addition, the image and idea it delivers to pet owners causes the true identity of the term to become muddled. Positive Reinforcement is the addition of...
by Dee Hoult | Oct 2, 2018 | Dog Training
During last year, we got a few people to scratch the addictive itch we professional competitors refer to as Agility. This sport is an international sensation with it’s own version of a World Cup event where teams from different countries compete to see...
by Dee Hoult | Aug 31, 2018 | Dog Training
Resource guarding is one of the things we like to nip in the bud before it becomes a more severe problem in our dog’s adult life. Dog’s that show any signs of growling, freezing, or even potential biting over a possession are exhibiting a form of resource...
by Dee Hoult | Aug 22, 2018 | Dog Training
“He won’t do *insert command here* for me!” A phrase often heard within the dog training world. Let’s take this story back a few weeks to the beginning. A frustrated dog parent calls on a trainer to help with their untruly fur child. The...
by Dee Hoult | Aug 2, 2018 | Dog Training
Within the canine community we have our single dog people, who only ever want one dog at a time no matter what, and we have our multi-dog people…I don’t think the latter requires an explanation. Some of us like having a pack around. An important thing to...
by Dee Hoult | Jul 25, 2018 | Dog Training
In the beginning, we observed service animals as dogs that aided in mobility, guided the blind, or alerted the deaf. There were even a standard set of breeds that you consistently saw, that were bred within programs. These dogs went out to their prospective owners...
