Normal Dog Behavior
Adolescent Anxiety – Second Fear Period
Fear of new (and some familiar) situations Years ago I taught dog training classes at a location with a lawn jockey statue positioned by walkway into the building. Puppies…
Read MoreThe Importance of Socialization
Getting your puppy or dog out and about – Post COVID It’s been over two thousand years since Confucius wrote, “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. …
Read MoreImportant Times – Critical Periods of Development
There are some important times in your puppy’s life that are helpful to understand. Here’s a brief run-down of the age your puppy will go through specific physical and psychological…
Read MoreDog Fights
When siblings skirmish I’ve been through it too many times—two dogs who get along beautifully suddenly don’t. It happened again last Sunday when 25 pound, 13 year-old Kochi, and 65…
Read MoreTeaching Self-Control
Helpful Behaviors for Everyday Life. In our article about Earning Life’s Rewards (ELR), you learned how to teach your dog to say “please,” offering polite behavior. Polite behavior teaches your…
Read More“Leave it” – More Self-Control
“Zen” Dog Training. In addition to behaviors that are easily taught in your daily interactions with your dog (in “Teaching Self-Control”), here are a couple that require some specific training…
Read MoreEarning Life’s Rewards
A program for all dogs. Our Earning Life’s Rewards program is for puppies and dogs of all ages. It’s for dogs who need training, for pushy dogs, for dogs that…
Read MoreAbout Dog Learning
Do you ever think about how your dog learns some things quickly, and others not? How the heck did he nearly instantly learn the sound of the cabinet door that holds…
Read MorePuppy teething
Brio, my Basset Fauve de Bretagne puppy, is almost five months old, which is considered early adolescence. I have a toybox in the family room that is filled to overflowing…
Read MoreIn a Multi-dog Household – Learn to be Alone
It’s important for a puppy to learn to be alone Last fall, when I decided to introduce a puppy into my home, I had to carefully consider Larry, my seven-year-old…
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