Do you know how to effectively use food rewards when you’re training your dog? Check out 3LostDogs’ “inaugural” video tutorial to find out all the basics you’ll need to know to get started: Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
Do you know how to effectively use food rewards when you’re training your dog? Check out 3LostDogs’ “inaugural” video tutorial to find out all the basics you’ll need to know to get started: Music by Jason Shaw at Audionautix.com
Note: This post is part two of a housetraining series. Check out part one, Housetraining 101: The Basics Here it is: your simple, magic-secret-free guide to housetraining your dog. How long this process will take depends on how consistent you are with it and what experiences, or lack thereof, your dog has already had with…
Housetraining is not all that complex. But do a search on Google and you’ll find all kinds of sites proclaiming they have the “secret to housetraining,” or “ten potty training secrets!” All this complicates things way more than they need to be. If there is a secret to housetraining, it’s that there isn’t a secret…
Boredom: The leading cause of doggie destruction in the home. When you don’t have time to entertain your dog, use some of these games and (mostly) homemade dog toy ideas and let him keep himself busy for a while. Most of these can be thrown together on a moment’s notice, but for the toys that…
When I adopted my dog Merlin, I made a couple of rookie mistakes. One: he was kind of a spur-of-the-moment decision; my life and home were not prepared to handle a six month old border collie. And two: I let him have free roam of the house and yard way before he was ready- before…
Jumping up and mouthing too hard: two of the most common behavior problems in dogs, especially young dogs. Fortunately the solutions are fairly simple – they just require some patience and consistency on your end. Each of these solutions are based on the following basic process. Most behavior problems can be solved by following these…
As far as basic obedience goes, “come” is a pretty easy command to teach. You excitedly call your dog toward you, maybe tugging the leash or offering a treat. When he comes, you praise him. Eventually you attach the word “come” to it, and there ya go, you have taught the recall command. But that’s…
Adolescent shelter dogs have it rough. Since most shelter adopters fall into one of two categories, those wanting a sweet little puppy and those looking for a mellow adult dog, the teens are often overlooked. Most of them are there because they are teenagers. Their previous owners bought them as puppies but were not prepared…
I’m willing to bet that at some point in time, the words “I just don’t have time to really train my dog” have come out of your mouth. I’m also willing to bet that time is not REALLY the reason that you can’t seem to get much training done. Because whether you’re training Sparky to…
This is the second post of a two part series. Here’s part one Picture this: You’re hanging out on the couch, watching TV or reading a book. Fluffy is lying quietly at your feet, chewing on a dog toy and just generally being a perfect little angel. Then, the doorbell rings. Your perfect angel is…
