As I was pulling weeds in my garden, I was thinking about what to write for this week’s blog post. That’s when I began to wax poetic about the similarities between pulling weeds and dog training. Bob Bailey’s mantra, “Think Plan Do” works for both gardening and training!
Read MoreIf you solve your dog’s outbursts by only focusing on your dog’s behaviors, you’re thinking about dog training all wrong! The fact is, our dogs can’t change their behavior until we change our behavior. This requires us to shift our thinking from solely a “their problem” mentality to an “our problem” mentality.
Read MoreJumping: why do dogs do it? Jumping is often an attention-seeking behavior. Yelling, kneeing your dog in the chest, and pushing your dog down is giving your dog attention. If you enjoy wrestling and roughhousing with your dogs, how are they to know the difference between kneeing and pushing to decrease jumping and wrestlemania?
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