I enjoy connecting with other dog webmasters and bloggers on Twitter — you can find me at twitter.com/trainingdogs if you are into this enjoyable social network (not only dogs, in fact dogs are just a tiny part of it.) Recently I asked if anyone would like to submit a guest article to this blog, and [...]
I often mention in passing the training I do with Lola (left) and LarryDog, but today I will give them their own article. LarryDog is 11 now. He seems to be getting a bit harder of hearing and dimmer of vision, but he isn’t really any slower on those occasions when he gets into [...]
I’m curious. Besides this blog, where do YOU get your dog training information? Do you…
Take classes
Have private lessons
Learn a lot yourself from teaching dog training
Do training with friends
Use books,ebooks, and/or DVDs
Go to workshops like ClickerExpo or the annual APDT gathering
Have other favorite dog training spots on the internet, be they forums, blogs, or sites
Your own [...]
Recently I was at a party, chatting with a man who mentioned that he is a fan of Cesar Milan. I couldn’t help but make a slight face. “Don’t you like his show?” the fellow asked. I said that I don’t watch it but that I had seen several episodes and I didn’t care for [...]
When you think about dog training, we are fortunate to be living in this time. Even before the internet brought us together in a variety of new ways, veterinarian Dr. Ian Dunbar, dolphin trainer Karen Pryor, and others were doing things that would have massive effects on how people think about dog training. Now, positive dog training is turning up everywhere.
Dr. Dunbar has gone on to create an outstanding line of books and DVDs, including one of my all-time favorite DVDs, Sirius Puppy Training. He founded the Association of Pet Dog Trainers, which describes itself as…. CLICK THE TITLE TO READ MORE…
Summertime coming up! And thousands upon thousands of family dogs will pile in the car, maybe with the kids (and sometimes the cat or hamster) and head out to go camping, visit Grandma or in reverse visit the grandkids, or just to have a good time. Some dog training in advance will help everyone have more fun and be safer.
First, brush up on the good old basics: sit, stay, down, come. You may well be using them every day at home, but an interesting thing about how dogs learn is that it tends to be very location-specific. In other words, if Fluffy sits beautifully in the kitchen, she may not when outside on the patio, let alone in a completely unfamiliar situation with distractions.
So do some very simple training, on these basics, but with a twist: do it in a variety of places. Click the title to read more…
Lately I’ve been training LarryDog on his long down. Kelly and our Rottweiler Lola have a habit of going for a walk around the neighborhood and into the mountains behind us early most mornings. (And of course Lola sees no reason it shouldn’t be every morning!) When they would leave, Larry would complain loudly at [...]
Here is my list of the best dog training ebooks. I’m not calling it the “top ten” or any other number, because over time I intend to keep adding to it. Who knows? Maybe someday it will be the top 100! These downloadable products are typically in PDF format, and the free software you need [...]
I love finding clear dog training information that is suitable for both adults and children– so long as it uses teaching methods that don’t hurt the dog in the process. The economical Train Your Dog DVD: The Positive, Gentle Method, succeeds admirably in
When you first start dog training, simple commands are the best ones to use. Generally, that remains true even as your skills improve over time. Dogs learn simple commands more easily than complex ones, though of course a working dog such as a Border Collie herding sheep will be able to perform very complex behaviors. [...]