Reasons not to buy a Flexi leash. For example, they teach a dog to pull, and they allow the dog to be in control.
Dog Training
One thing I can’t stand from a dog is when he barges past me to get through a door. It shows that the dog has no respect and that the dog thinks he’s in charge. Although I always walk through a door before my dog, I don’t think this is absolutely necessary with all dogs. …
Breaking Ace’s fixation Note: This is part three of a three-part series on my dog’s tennis ball obsession. Click these links to read part one, My mutt has a fixation and part two, 10 signs your dog has a fixation. Just like any addiction, rehabilitation takes a long, long time. In Ace’s tennis ball case, …
10 signs your dog has a fixation Note: This is part two of a three-part series on my dog’s tennis ball obsession. Click these links to read part one, My mutt has a fixation, and part three, Breaking Ace’s fixation. Dogs develop fixations for many reasons, often as a result of a lack of exercise, …
Yesterday was the last day of my 30-day challenge to teach my dog five new commands: bang, roll over, crawl, go long and bucket. Let me stress that although my dog is grasping these new commands, he is still learning. The biggest mistake I made with this challenge was to set a deadline. Dogs can’t …
My mutt has a fixation Note: This is part one of a three-part series on my dog’s tennis ball obsession. Click these links to read part two, 10 signs your dog has a fixation and part three, Breaking Ace’s fixation. You’ve heard me joke about it, complain about it and then half-heartily try to fix …
With three more days left in our challenge, I better get going. Ace will now do all five commands. The problem is he only does them … sometimes. And he won’t do them all in a row. He needs a lot more work (probably another month), but at least we are off to a good …
While training my dog, I have learned to set up situations where he is likely to be successful. Ace has been working on “roll over” for the past week or two, with little success. The only time he rolled over on command before today was outside in the grass. So I took Ace out for …
For the past week or so, I have practiced “roll over” with Ace three or four times a day for very short periods. This is the hardest of the five commands for him to pick up on. I don’t think he understands it yet because he usually just stares at me, like, huh? The only …
In this post Lindsay shares 10 tips for biking with your dog. Then, Barbara shares a specific example of how she recently started training her active pup to start running next to her bike! Lindsay here! I used to take my lab mix Ace biking with me around the neighborhood. Here are my top 10 …