Getting Ready to Train Your Dog

What You Can Do About Aggressive Dog Behavior

Large breeds of dogs often get a bum rap for being aggressive, violent animals, but in quite a few cases, it is the smaller breed dogs that actually bite. Smaller dogs’ reputation as adoring, lovable, cute companions might be deserved, but a poorly handled small dog can be more dangerous than a pit bull. Understanding the factors behind aggressive... [Read more of this article]

How Do I Get my Pet to Stop Behaving Badly?

A poorly trained dog can embarrass its owner and offend other people–or even make them feel threatened if you can’t stop bad behavior in your dogs. To raise a well behaved dog, enroll him or her in an obedience class at a young age. If it has a thing for eating its droppings or any other dog’s, discourage this behavior by buying a... [Read more of this article]

It’s A Dog’s Life

There is a phrase used by people who have little in their lives but their work and commitments at home, with little scope for fun. “It’s a dog’s life”, people will sometimes mutter when the stream of demands on their time simply will not stop. They mean that it is tiring, unrewarding and punishing. And yet, if you look at the average dog, their... [Read more of this article]

You Don’t Have To Be Cruel To Be Kind

There is a very commonly used phrase that most of us have heard and many have used, which goes as follows: “You have to be cruel to be kind”. Others among us will look at that phrase, or hear it said, and point out the inherent flaw in it. You do not have to be cruel to be kind. You have to be cruel to be cruel, and kind to be kind. In actual fact,... [Read more of this article]

The Benefits Of Doing It Yourself

There are people, many of them, who make a living from training dogs. They will take your dog for a period of time each week and teach it commands, behaviors and tricks that will make you clasp your hands in joy, and yet the thing about this is that most people don’t want to do things that way. As much fun as it may be to inherit a dog who will... [Read more of this article]

The Instinct Of A Dog – And How To Train It

Dogs are, in many ways, essentially simple animals. The typical pet dog will be free with its friendship if it is encouraged to do so. If it is left to its own devices and treated like a machine for entertainment, it will not be so keen to play favorites. Dogs respond to their pleasure stimulus more than anything, and it is by using this that you can... [Read more of this article]

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