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Is Your Dog A Trouble Maker Please Read On For Several Superb Advice!

Training your dog is a universal skill that people who would like to raise your dog or dogs, in the family, need to acquire. Some dogs quickly learn and others are slow. There are numerous of methods to teach your dog, or dogs, and also the following will assist you to along the journey to gaining the skill sets you will need.

Dogs should continue to be trained in their lives. Many owners believe that once a dog is trained, hes trained forever. This simply isnt true. Daily reinforcement by reminding your dog of simple commands, exposing him to new people and providing positive reinforcement is vital. This will keep your dog well allow and behaved him to be a happy member of the family.

With the right practice and patience, your puppy is going to be walking right with you very quickly, even though the walk are often very tough to master. Firstly, do not allow these to leave the door first. When you put his leash on, make him sit first or provide you with his paw. To put it briefly, some form of obedience to get him inside the spirit. Then, when you find yourself actually outside, if he actually starts to walk in front of you, supply the leash a quick tug to assert yourself as being the one in charge.

When feeding your dog, always expect your pet to stay in a calm state and able to eat. Hyper activity at feeding time will never permit the pet to properly address feeding rituals. Begin a ritual of the calm animal who sits and waits patiently so that you can give food. After this behavior is taught, your pet dog probably will begin sitting patiently while you prepare their food.

When training your pet dog, it is imperative that you remain patient constantly. Moving too rapidly or losing your temper can confuse your dog and cause him to mistrust you. Without the proper trust, your pet will never fully submit to your training plus your relationship along with your dog will truly suffer.

Equally as reinforcement of excellent behavior when training your dog should be immediate, so too should punishment for bad behavior be immediate. If it message is delivered right after that act, saying "no" inside a harsh voice tells your dog he has acted inappropriately but he only connects the message with the targeted behavior.

Negative ways of training your pet dog dont work. In the same way with humans, positive reinforcement of behaviors is far more effective. Use treats, play and praise a chance to show your pet dog that you are currently satisfied with their performance. Usually do not punish him or yell at him if he cannot do what you are asking him. He will associate trying to do the task with negativity and will steer clear of the task even harder the next time.

When working on teaching your pet a command, keep training sessions short. It is much better to exercise your pet dog for five minutes, three times per day, than all in one 15 minute session. This will likely maintain your dog focused. Before your pet dog gets bored, end the session. This will likely keep him interested and wanting more.

Make sure your and you family are consistent with your commands. The dog will probably get mixed signals if one person uses "down" to share with the dog to obtain from the couch while another says "off" as well as a third is letting him lay there. This makes it much more a hardship on him to find out the commands.

Crate training is an excellent skill to get a dog of all ages to obtain. Teaching your dog to stay in their crate quietly takes patience and time but could be a valuable tool while potty training or even a safe area for him to be while you are out of the house.

Producing good puppy training involves a, encouragement and patience good reward system. What you ought to do is set up a quality reward system for when they are doing the proper things. Supplementing positive behavior with treats is a great way to start, and as time passes you are able to train these with a different reward system for example compliments and affection. The biggest thing to pay attention to is encouraging these people to perform the right thing.

Be mindful of methods long the sessions are once you train your puppy. Your dog is going to get bored doing the same thing again and again. Keep the original sessions limited by about 10 minutes.

Encourage your dogs cooperation in training by rewarding good behavior. Dogs answer a calm, confident leader who earns respect. Once your dog responds to commands ensure you reward him with play or food, and be sure you reward easy commands in addition to harder ones to build his confidence.

Not showering your dog with enough positive reinforcement when he does good, will minimize the power you possess over him in training. Since dogs love attention, offering them lots of it, provides him with incentive to listen for you. If all he ever hears by you is really what not to do, he or she is not getting any encouragement, only discouragement, so be sure you reward him with praise often.

A fantastic puppy training tip is to get rid of your dogs food dish. Dogs like in search of things. They enjoy to discover, and they like using their nose to get goodies. Your puppy may become much happier, by losing your dogs food dish and by hiding dog food throughout the house.

When training a pet dog, it is recommended not to enable the dog ignore a particular command. When the owner lets their pet disregard a command, the pet will receive inappropriate reinforcement. Your dog will quickly assume that its owners commands are optional. This works from the entire intent behind training a dog.

Conclusively, using suggestions from this information will end up being a successful part with your goal to train your pet dog or dogs. If you are in contact with different ideas and can experiment with different techniques using error and trial, you can find what meets your needs, through the training of your own furry loved one.
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Dogs and Cats Riding in Cars Please Think Safety First!

Definition of: safety |?s?ft?|noun
1) the condition of being protected from or unlikely to cause danger, risk, or injury.


I remember the first auto-restraint system I was exposed to during my youth... It was my mothers arm hurling across my chest at lightening speed pressing me back towards my seat while she yelled “hold on!” Yep, those were the good ol’ days - no seat-belt laws, no fancy car seats for us kids - just fun times bouncy around playing with the radio, reaching behind or climbing over the seat, doing whatever we wanted to do without a care in the world... Well, that all changed, didn’t it? Thank goodness... It’s just a shame we as a society had to learn the hard way - by too many statistics.

As a certified professional dog trainer, and dog mom to Poncho the dog I continue to be dumbfounded, shocked, and completely confused at the sight of seeing pet guardians traveling in cars with their dogs (and cats) riding in the car, jumping around aimlessly as I did as a child. Not that Im perfect mind you, or want to brag, but Ive been using car-safety restraints since we first brought Poncho home from the shelter. It just made sense. I also make it a point to go over this topic with the students in my dog training classes and private dog training clients. (BTW, dog harnesses and seat-belts are the only non-training items I sell at the Inquisitive Canine studio. This picture shows Poncho riding in his car seat, harnessed in. He is able to sit up and move around easily, but only within the area of his seat. (Hes napping after a romp at the beach.)

Is it me or is history repeating itself??? Do we need more horrific statistics to make some changes happen? Come on folks, our dogs (and cats) don’t live in some magical plastic safety bubble! Right? Sure, I don’t blame pet guardians for wanting to show their dogs or cats a good time... But please, ask yourself these questions the next time you ride with your beloved furry friend:
  • “Would this be safe for a human?
  • Would I do this with a human child?”
If you have answered “no” to either or both, then it’s probably not safe for a non-human animal either.

Let’s take a look at what could happen under the current circumstances:
  • If air bags go off, brakes get slammed on, person driving hits something, or another cars hit them - there are problems! Animals being catapulted into oblivion, airbags exploding out and breaking necks - Hello?!!! There is a reason why human children aren’t allowed - by law - to ride in seats where there are airbags until they are a specific weight &/or age, right? Does the transportation department do this for fun or because they want to save lives? Well, what about the lives of our pets? They’re not extraterrestrial beings that can somehow avoid harm.
  • They don’t think like us humans. Our pets don’t have - aren’t born with nor develop - the section of brain that covers “common sense” - (heck we humans are supposed to have it, and how many of us still fail to use it sometimes?) - Our pets don’t have the mental capability to request their safety be addressed, so it’s up to us to take this responsibility seriously...
I would venture to guess that most pet parents would want to keep their loved ones safe while still being comfortable. I know there are some folks using crates or backseat barriers to enclose their pets while driving. (I will too under certain circumstances, however I do not like to - I am a hypocrite is this respect). I ask, what happens if you should need to slam on the brakes? The dog or cat still hits the inside of the crate or barrier at whatever speed you were going... Bruising, breaking, or dislocating body parts. Doesn’t sound too safe, does it? How about hanging out the window? Uh, hello? They could fall out, get scared by a noise and jump out, something could slam into them, or fly into their eye. They can also trigger the automatic window button and get their head caught. Am I really painting a safe picture here?

Is there a perfect solution? IMHO “no”, not yet... But there are some good choices:
  • Car-seats for smaller dogs and cats like the one Poncho has, and for larger dogs harnesses where seat-belts can slip through and attach or where the attachment strap connects directly into the car connection. And if I’m not mistaken, there are automobile manufactures that have added “pet features” to some of their cars....(if I’m wrong, then I say its a shame...) With these proper restraint systems dogs and cats still get some freedom, but are kept safe while enjoying the breeze and scenery.
I admit, I enjoyed riding in my moms lap too...again, the good ol’ days...hey some of my best driving skills were formed when I was riding in our Buick, sitting in her lap, helping her steer... No seat-belts, but lots of giggles...and luck because I’m still here today, getting to write about it and hopefully encouraging others to keep their pets safe while out and about...

Too bad our pets havent figured out how to drive - it would free up owners to use cell phones safely, plus they could be official designated drivers...guess I should work on that training plan. Happy motoring! Some day I’ll tell you about dad letting me shift gears from the passenger seat.
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Drumroll please!!

OK hold that thought. Yesterday was Jacks birthday. He turned 8 years old. I cant believe it. 8 sounds so much more mature than 7 doesnt it? Maybe it is just a mental thing for me but I now consider him a grown up. I had to work but to celebrate he got a cow trachea at lunchtime. Today he went to the prison with me to see how the new puppy (Dori) would do meeting a big dog. She was very sweet and did great with him. (and vice versa as expected)  She really wanted to play but whenever he tried playing back she tapped out by rolling over. Maybe shell be more comfortable next time.


 He really wanted her to play tug.


 Last weekend we got to walk with my friend Meredith and her dog Ryka. She was smitten with Jack so we have decided she is his girlfriend. Or perhaps he can be her personal body guard. Hes fine being either as long as he gets to walk beside her.


OK back to that drumroll: To top off our weekend today we went to http://positivelybestfriends.com/ and took a Canine Good Citizen test together. He passed!! He is now officially*: Libertys After the Frost CGC. Yay!!! (* technically unofficially until we get the certificate in the mail)


You can still call him Jack though. I dont want his head to swell. Congrats to Ryka who also passed her CGC test. Double yay!!!!

Jack is such an amazing dog. Even though he considered cheating on Ryka with the tester dog Bravo, (the CUTEST miniature poodle ever so I cant blame him) he was a perfect gentleman. Of course living with his own 2 ladies keeping him in check probably helps some. This is what happens daily around here:


Zola thinks he is her special heated bed and cuddle cave and Jenny steals his chewies. Luckily for them he is very tolerant.


I am blessed to be able to share my life with such a wonderful dog. Thank you Donna and Mike of Liberty Akitas for breeding such fabulous dogs and trusting me with him.


He still isnt a fan of his mom with the camera tho. :-) 
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