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Why teach your dog how to skateboard? Learning any new trick is fun for both you and your dog and increases your bond. Plus, skateboarding teaches balance and confidence, and whose dog couldn’t use more of that?
- April 4, 2022
Why teach your dog how to skateboard? Learning any new trick is fun for both you and your dog and increases your bond. Plus, skateboarding teaches balance and confidence, and whose dog couldn’t use more of that?
Going camping with dogs is not routine, and the environments are always filled with many different and even strange sights, smells and sounds. Here are some tips.
- February 14, 2022
Going camping with dogs is not routine, and the environments are always filled with many different and even strange sights, smells and sounds. Here are some tips.
Getting our dogs’ attention is truly a foundation skill. It’s a signal for your dog to look toward you and to be mindful of what will follow. This can be a verbal signal, such as their name, or an audible signal like a “kissy” noise.
- January 28, 2022
Getting our dogs’ attention is truly a foundation skill. It’s a signal for your dog to look toward you and to be mindful of what will follow. This can be a verbal signal, such as their name, or an audible signal like a “kissy” noise.
There are games you can teach your thieving pup that are also preventable security measures in themselves, so these alternative behaviors become part of our lives together instead of caper after caper. Check out these three games.
- November 17, 2021
There are games you can teach your thieving pup that are also preventable security measures in themselves, so these alternative behaviors become part of our lives together instead of caper after caper. Check out these three games.
The human half of the dog-human team is important. Beyond the love we give our dogs and how we meet their needs, there are specific skills we can improve on to help our dogs learn more successfully.
- October 11, 2021
The human half of the dog-human team is important. Beyond the love we give our dogs and how we meet their needs, there are specific skills we can improve on to help our dogs learn more successfully.
You’ve adopted a rescue dog. Now what? Here are some tips on what to focus on first, before you even begin the training.
- July 5, 2021
You’ve adopted a rescue dog. Now what? Here are some tips on what to focus on first, before you even begin the training.
Sharing the joy and love of being on the water stand-up paddleboarding with your dog can be fun, especially if your dog loves water. Here’s how to do it.
- May 26, 2021
Sharing the joy and love of being on the water stand-up paddleboarding with your dog can be fun, especially if your dog loves water. Here’s how to do it.
Is your dog bored, stressed, over or understimulated? Try 15 minutes of play.
- January 6, 2021
Is your dog bored, stressed, over or understimulated? Try 15 minutes of play.
Snow + furry teammates + cross country skis = Skijoring!
- December 22, 2020
Snow + furry teammates + cross country skis = Skijoring!
Recall at its core is getting your dog’s attention and, when you do, asking him to “Come” to you and, when he gets to you, rewarding him for doing so.
- October 8, 2020
Recall at its core is getting your dog’s attention and, when you do, asking him to “Come” to you and, when he gets to you, rewarding him for doing so.
Providing mental stimulation with enrichment activities is one way to meet our senior dogs’ cognitive needs.
- July 28, 2020
Providing mental stimulation with enrichment activities is one way to meet our senior dogs’ cognitive needs.
Using capturing is like being a game-show host narrating spectacular key moments and giving out prizes in the form of food rewards.
- May 21, 2020
Using capturing is like being a game-show host narrating spectacular key moments and giving out prizes in the form of food rewards.
Going on a hike with your dog and sharing the beauty of nature can be one of the greatest ways of making memories, getting exercise and having adventures.
- April 9, 2020
Going on a hike with your dog and sharing the beauty of nature can be one of the greatest ways of making memories, getting exercise and having adventures.
For our dogs, exercise is vital, as is the experience shared with us.
- January 28, 2020
For our dogs, exercise is vital, as is the experience shared with us.
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