You can teach your puppy some useful and desirable behaviors (not just obedience commands) by using the clicker. Clicker training is probably the simplest and fasted way to teach your puppy neat tricks, fun commands and polite manners. Of course you need to first familiarize your puppy with the clicker. You do this by loading, […]
Dog Health – The Amazing Life Changes Of The Growing Puppy
From the moment he was conceived to the time he is born, a puppy is being fed directly by his mother and without any effort on his part. From the time of birth until about 6 to 7 weeks later, his mother’s milk will be his primary diet that will provide him with the energy […]
Dog Food & Supplements: An In Depth Look At Nutrition For Your Pet (Part 7)
According to the canine nutritional experts, a ninety pound adult German Shepherd can require up to seven cans of dog food per day. A sixty pound Collie can require five cans per day. For the average household, this can become an expensive choice. Dry dog foods, on the other hand, contain only about ten percent […]
Housetraining Your Puppy: Advice From The Experts
Housetraining is perhaps the most obvious example of why it’s a good idea to train puppies. Nobody wants stains on the carpet or the smell of pee and poop permeating the house. Yet housetraining is often overlooked or undertaken in a haphazard manner when it should instead be the cornerstone of the training process. Starting […]
Clicker Training For Fun & Games (Part 1)
People often think of clicker training as a fast and easy way to teach basic obedience commands, such as “sit” or “come,” but it can also quickly shape puppy behavior in ways that establish a productive and happy relationship, right from the start. “Puppies understand very well and quickly that a click means something good, […]
Dog Health – Natural Ways To Calm The Overexcited & Stress Out Dog
Does your dog become anxious and extremely fearful for no apparent reason at all? You have probably researched and read a lot about dog psychology and behavior issues that result from aggression or fear, however, sometimes the problem is not as complicated is we make it out to be. Anxiety and fear are not necessarily […]
Housetraining Tools: How To Best Use A Dog Crate
Crates are an essential housetraining item that most puppy owners find incredibly practical if used correctly. A crate is not a prison or a cage. Rather, it is a comfy den, and no dog wants to poop in his comfy den. That’s what makes the crate such a good investment: You are using the dog’s […]
Clicker Training 101: Creating Positive Associations
Another wonderful thing about using a clicker to train your dog is that it can be used as an “occasion setter”. Here’s What I Mean: You know how excited your dog gets whenever she hears the bag of treats rustling? Or when you pick up the leash? She has made associations with these activities and […]
Dog Health – Hip & Elbow Dysplasia, Keep Your Dog’s Condition From Getting Worse
It is quite common for puppies to have genetically acquired hip dysplasia and/or elbow dysplasia. Unfortunately, these are the results of improper breeding, and with the huge amount of puppies being born each year from people that are not dog breeding professionals, you may come across a puppy with these conditions often. Elbow and hip […]
Dog Food & Supplements: An In Depth Look At Nutrition For Your Pet (Part 6)
Pet food manufacturers have made it quite easy for the average dog owner to feed their pets without having to be an expert nutritionist. All of the work has been done by the modern manufacturer. Since it isn’t possible for manufacturers to list all of the nutrients and their required percentages as published by the […]
