The Site May Be A Mess While I Move It

I’m in the process of moving this website to another webhost, and I am taking this opportunity to change a lot of things around. So things may be a bit of a mess for a week or so! The Site May Be A Mess While I Move It is a post from: Training Dogs Blog

The Site May Be A Mess While I Move It is a post from: Training Dogs Blog

My Enthusiasm for Dogs Showed Up Early

I was just sorting out some papers from my early childhood and I found this, done just after my third birthday: I think somewhere in those old boxes there may be some of the dog stories I wrote a few years later. I love it that my mother used to write down my comments when [...]

My Enthusiasm for Dogs Showed Up Early is a post from: Training Dogs Blog

When Saying NO is Positive Dog Training

Today’s dog training tip comes from a dream I had last night. In the dream my Rottweiler Lola was reaching up to take something off a table. I said NO and she stopped immediately, turning to look at me. I said “Good girl! What a smart puppy!” (Even though she is six years old.) And [...]

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Thinking About Euthanasia and Pets

Yesterday evening I read Facing Farewell: Making the Decision to Euthanize Your Pet, by veterinarian Julie Reck. She is exceptionally well qualified to write this, as she used to run an in-home euthanasia business. (Now she runs a full service veterinary hospital.) In the course of working with many pet owners as they made the [...]

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Bargain Books on Sale at Dogwise Now

There’s a large pile of dog books on the bookcase where I put books I want to read. That’s because my favorite place to browse for dog books has a sale going on. Dogwise is cleaning house and getting rid of hundreds of slightly shopworn books and older editions… many of them at 70% off. [...]

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Through Backchaining, Our Rottweiler Teaches Me to Rub Her Belly Before Meals

Backchaining is a process that occurs in a dog training sequence when you train a dog to do a series of activities by teaching the last one first. This is effective because the last one is the one that has a reward attached to it as you teach it. For example, for many years I [...]

Through Backchaining, Our Rottweiler Teaches Me to Rub Her Belly Before Meals is a post from: Training Dogs Blog

Why Does My Old Dog Follow Me From Room to Room All Day?

LarryDog, who is now 15 and a half, has recently taken to following me from one room to the next. This is new. If I’m cooking, he’s underfoot in the kitchen–a logical thing for a dog to do, but something that’s new for him. If I am in my home office, he’s usually on his [...]

Why Does My Old Dog Follow Me From Room to Room All Day? is a post from: Training Dogs Blog

Positive Dog Training Gets Help from Dogwise

Are you familiar with Dogwise? Even if you do go there now and then, maybe I can tell you some things you didn’t know. It’s a wonderful resource for dog lovers, full of excellent books and DVDs on all aspects of dog training. Plus some other things you may not have found, like a friendly [...]

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A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog, by Dean Koontz

A Big Little Life: A Memoir of a Joyful Dog is the most compelling dog story I have read. Well, duh, you might say–it’s by Dean Koontz. Actually, I almost didn’t download it onto my Kindle because of that.  What I knew of him was that he wrote in a genre I avoided. I don’t [...]

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New Year’s Resolutions, Dog-Inspired

1. If I am down, I will cheer up by thinking about dogs.                 2. I will remember to be silly more more often.   3. I will get enough rest.                   4. I will get plenty of exercise.   [...]

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Your Dog or Puppy and the Holidays

I hope your dog is having a good holiday season… I hope you do, too, but here I am more concerned with the dogs! I set out to write a post about not getting a puppy on Christmas Day if it’s hectic with lots of people, and then I thought, wait a minute, didn’t I [...]

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More on Pet Obesity

I just recently recently blogged about losing weight with your dog, when I got an email from Matt Beswick, creator of this “infographic” on pet obesity, offering it for use on the site here. Hope you enjoy it! Pet obesity graphic produced by Matt Beswick for Pet365 – a UK stockist of dog coats, collars [...]

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Finding Time for Dog Training

How can you find time for dog training? I have two tips on that today. That question came to me as a comment on my review of Nicole Wilde’s excellent book, Don’t Leave Me, which is on separation anxiety. It led me to an AHA moment, which I’ll get into further down.  First, here is [...]

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Losing Weight with Your Dog

Losing weight with your dog can be a lot of fun, and very worthwhile for both of you. I recently started a website on weight loss, because I need to lose  more weight… have already lost some. When I am interested in a topic, I tend to start a website about it! Anyway, recently I [...]

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Halloween and Hugging Dogs: Two Topics from Doggone Safe

Doggone Safe is a terrific website that has a lot of information to help prevent dog bites. Click on the image to read their tips for dealing with Halloween, either as a dog owner or as someone out trick or treating with children. The suggestions are to be quite careful and a lot of people [...]

Halloween and Hugging Dogs: Two Topics from Doggone Safe is a post from: Training Dogs Blog