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Reactive Dog: Foundation Exercises for Your Leash-Reactive Dog
Question: My dog knows how to walk on leash but when he sees a cat that he wants to chase or a dog he doesn’t like, he goes bonkers, lunging and barking, and I can barely control him. I try to use treats to get his attention but it doesn’t work. Is there anything else…
Adopting a Dog: Some Dogs are Easier Than Others
Have you heard this statement from so many people that it seems like it’s an epidemic? “We had a Labrador mix when I was a kid and he was perfect. How come our new dog is so much harder? Is it the inbreeding?” Or does the statement go more like this, “We got Lucky from…
My Dog Knows Some Walking Exercises: How to Incorporate Them Into a Walk
You’ve already learned a number of exercises that are important for taking your dog on a walk. You’ve learned the following foundation exercises: Repeat sits backwards which you can use to first get your dog focused on you and also when there are big distractions such as people your dog wants to leap towards and…
Training Pups and Adult Dogs to Heel: Repeat Sits on the Left Side
One of the major issues with teaching dogs to walk well on lead is that they want to rush ahead to see the sights. Walking next to you, and especially stopping to wait, is boring to them compared to exploring. How do we remedy the situation? We make sticking next to you and stopping a…
Translated Posters
This site has many free downloadable resources available to anyone. However, they are all in English and we often get requests for downloads in other languages or offers to translate the downloads for us. Here are some posters that have been translated. Simply click on the image to download the PDF of the translated poster….
Walking on Loose Leash, Part 4: Going Back to Heel Position
Frequently, when you want to start your walk, or at other times, you need to get your dog back to your side. Here is quick and simple way to teach it. In this exercise, ultimately you will be able to just say “heel” or position your shoulders the correct way and your dog will go…
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