For a very good guide to all sorts of dog training processes and dog behavior challenges, I use and recommend Clickertraining ...that link goes to the description of this terrific ebook you download immediately, wherever you are! -- Rosana

Dog clicker training is a great way to have a lot of fun with your dog and get the training done at the same time! I like it so much that I’ve written a free ebook, Seven Steps to Clicker Training with Your Dog — that link takes you to where you can sign up for it.

Listen to a short audio about this method:

If you would rather read than listen — or want to do both — this audio is based loosely on this page of my website: Dog Clicker Training.

And if you would like to download this audio to listen to on an mp3 player, for example, here is the direct link to it. Just right-click or the Mac equivalent to save it to your computer:

http://www.training-dogs.com/sound-files/dog-clicker-training.mp3

I just read a really outstanding article on Cesar Millan and his methods, in the blog of Patricia McConnell, which I follow regularly… it’s the one dog blog I always keep up with!

The link takes you to it. The comments are very interesting too!

Have you ever tried to practice dog training, with something that you KNOW your dog knows but he’s acting like he has no idea what to do? Well, this can happen in many circumstances,  but a common one is when you’ve trained the behavior in one place and then you ask for it in another. That’s what I talk about here.

You are welcome to download the file, if you wish. It’s here:

http://www.training-dogs.com/sound-files/outside-dstractions.mp3

Do you leave your dog or dogs alone for long hours while you are out working or active in the community? Or, like me, are you at home a lot but glued to your computer? If so, your dog is probably bored at times.

Well, so what? We are all bored at times, aren’t we? Isn’t that just part of life?

If your dog is just bored and lies around, that’s one thing, but bored dogs may go looking for something fun to do. And that could be bad news for you… Read the rest of this entry