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72Training your dog for pet therapy certification
Pet therapy dogs or animal assisted therapy uses dogs or other animals to improve human health and healing. There's a lot of research showing that pets help people heal from mental, emotional and physical illness. Here's how to get started training your dog for pet therapy.
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80Three Important Chihuahua Training Tips
Chihuahua training is something you need to take very seriously if you would like your chi to grow up into a well balanced and gentle dog. Of course, if you want positive results, you need to provide your...
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79Dog Training: Electronic Collars
If you own a dog, perhaps you've been frustrated at some point in training it to respond to your commands. You've heard of electronic training collars, also referred to as "shock collars," but were afraid...
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776 Tips For Adding A Pug Puppy To Your Family
As the proud and doting owner of two gorgeous Pug dogs - Bogey and Riley - I know how challenging it can be to add a Pug puppy to the family.
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80Training Dog Tricks
Because each dog has a unique learning style, it is your job as the trainer to find the best techniques to teach whatever trick you want to teach. The amount of sessions it takes to learn each trick also...
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87Reinforcement Training
A reinforcer is anything that when paired with a behavior tends to increase the chances that the behavior will occur again. There are two main types of reinforcers: positive and negative. A positive...
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80Basic Obedience Training Part 1
When teaching basic obedience to a dog, the trainer should lure the dog into the desired position rather than say the command or give the cue and expect that he knows it. Dogs do not know cues until they are...
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76Basic Obedience Training Part 2
Basic obedience is a continuous course throughout a dog's life. You must constantly work on the basics that could save his life one day. Teaching sit, down, stay, wait, and come, are all very basic commands...
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69Training a Dog for Your Child's Arrival
I've heard numerous stories over the years of families having to get rid of their dogs because of dog aggression towards their child(ren). What began as a loving, gentle dog turned into a snippy, mean, and...
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66Puppy Growth Rate
"How big will my puppy get?" The majority of all new proud puppy owners ask the question "How big will my puppy get?" To determine puppy growth rate, one has to consider a lot of variables to ever be...
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