From the last 2 blogs on loose leash walking, you’ll recall that teaching dogs to walk on loose leash is all about: Rewarding Fido with treats at first (bits of Fido’s meal) for heeling next to you and also rewarding Fido by walking quickly enough (at least 120 bpm using a metronome or 2 steps a second) to make the walk engaging.   Stopping as soon as Fido’s front paws get ahead of your feet so that you’re stationary by the time he gets to the end of the leash.    Then increasing the length of time your dog must heel

Teaching dogs to walk on loose leash is all about: Rewarding with treats (bits of Fido’s meal) for heeling next to you and also rewarding Fido by walking quickly enough (at least 120 beats per minute [bpm] using a metronome or 2 steps a second) to make the walk engaging.      Stopping as soon as Fido’s front paws get ahead of your feet so that you’re stationary by the time he gets to the end of the leash.    Then increasing the length of time your dog must heel at attention in order to earn rewards until walking nicely

You’ve probably heard the talk about how humans with dogs are healthier because they exercise more. A number of scientific studies support this statement; however, what those articles fail to mention is that if your dog drags you, lunges, or tangles you in the leash, those walks may not be that fun. To improve your dog’s behavior and the enjoyment for both of you, here are a few tips on training your puppy or adult dog to walk at your side. Why do dogs pull on leash? First, it’s important to know that dogs pull on leash because it gets

Normally, both the down-stay training for dogs and exercise for humans can be boring and tedious, but, by combining the two, we make it fun. Do these warm-ups plus the upcoming set of outdoor exercises 2-3 times a week and in just a couple of weeks, you’ll be in better shape and your dog will have a great at down-stay!

It’s the New Year and no doubt many have vowed to exercise and get into shape.  But when you wake up in the morning do you look at your dog and feel guilty that you’re working out instead of playing with him? Well, here’s a short and easy indoor workout routine that includes treats and training for your dog and exercise for you. It’s a set of short warm-up, balance and conditioning exercise that you can do up to 7 days a week either as a way to ease into the day or as a prelude to a more rigorous

What do you do when you have a patient like this and you’ve just put her into her cage or run? Now it’s time to remove her leash. Do you carefully reach towards the neck to loosen the slip lead and hope that you don’t get snapped at or bitten? Or do you leave the leash on and hope it loosens on its own before it gets caught on something and possibly tightens? The solution is to make your own easy-to-loosen slip lead by tying a string to the ring that determines the size of the noose. When you pull