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Physical Exercise for Dogs

How much is too much?             This answer varies on several factors the age of the dog, the breed of the dog, and the individual dog’s needs and health.  So, let’s look at each part individually.             Age of the Dog-Young puppies are at a point in their lives where they are growing very [...]

2024-03-04T16:27:47+00:00March 4th, 2024|Dog Training Articles|

Mental Exercise for Dogs

Mental Exercise for Dogs What is exercise? According to the Meriam Webster Dictionary one definition of exercise is to use repeatedly in order to strengthen or develop.  Physical exercise means repeatedly using muscles to build them up or develop them and mental exercise is using the brain repeatedly to build up or develop it. [...]

2024-01-09T20:25:18+00:00January 9th, 2024|Dog Training Articles|

How to Pick a Puppy

I will preface this article with the following these are my personal opinions based on my own experiences over the years of seeing puppies through vet tech work, breeding sport dogs myself, and my years of training.  My opinions are just that and should not be taken as “set in stone” recommendations.  There are [...]

2023-12-16T17:06:23+00:00December 5th, 2023|Dog Training Articles|

How to Pick a Good Rescue

How to Pick a Rescue... Many of the same questions listed above can be asked of rescues.  There are obviously going to be some differences like many times they will not know the parents of the puppies/dogs, they may have limited history of what went on with the puppies/dogs before they got them, and [...]

2023-11-16T16:51:59+00:00November 16th, 2023|Dog Training Articles|

How to Pick a Good Breeder

Here are several questions I would ask the breeders you are thinking about getting a puppy from.  You may not ask all of them and some of them might not apply but all of them probably should be at least thought about before getting a puppy from that breeder.  I have also listed some [...]

2023-10-13T21:50:32+00:00October 13th, 2023|Dog Training Articles|

Why Muzzles?

Muzzles Why might a dog need to wear a muzzle? Most people think that a dog in muzzle is aggressive, but did you know that there are many other reasons why dogs might be wearing muzzles?  Let’s discuss some of the reasons as well as the appropriate ways to interact with the owners and [...]

2023-08-29T21:19:56+00:00August 29th, 2023|Dog Training Articles|

What Breed is for Me?

Things to Consider When Picking a Breed of Dog So, you have decided that you and your family are going to get a dog.  So now what? The first thing to do is figure out what breed or breed mixes would be a good fit for your household.  There are several things to think [...]

2023-08-02T01:43:10+00:00August 2nd, 2023|Dog Training Articles|

Are You a Match?

The biggest thing I see is owners with dogs that are not good fits within their family for many reasons. They can be a bad fit because they are high energy dogs and the owners are a low energy family, or older people with limited mobility, the breed is too large and powerful for [...]

2023-07-04T17:45:45+00:00July 4th, 2023|Dog Training Articles|

Being an Advocate for Your Dog

Being an Advocate for Your Dog One of the more common things I see is owners NOT being an advocate for their dogs.  This is not the fault of the owners but the pressures of culture, not having knowledge in those areas, not knowing how to advocate for their dogs appropriately, and sometimes not [...]

2023-04-28T21:07:55+00:00April 28th, 2023|Dog Training Articles|

Service Dogs

We get lots of questions and requests to train service dogs but what qualities make a good service dog or things to think about if you want your dog to become a service dog. First, is do you have a medical, mental, or emotional condition that can be something that legally can have a [...]

2023-03-24T21:33:49+00:00March 24th, 2023|Dog Training Articles|
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