3 tips to make your next dog car ride successful
If your pup is nervous about a dog car ride, look for signs. He’ll show it by drooling, vomiting, shaking or jumping around.
Dog Training
Training your dog takes time and effort. And it needs to start the day you bring your puppy or dog home.
Dog training should be a lifelong project for you and your dog. Make it fun and mix playtime with dog training.
To be successful, use these dog training tips: Be a leader, be firm, humane, and praise.
Be a leader
Dogs are social, pack-oriented animals who respond best to a leader figure, whether dog or human. The best pack leaders are the ones who are the most consistent. Dogs react to consistency because they know they can trust the consistent leader. Consistent leaders don’t invite the dog onto the couch one day and punish him the next when he jumps on the couch without permission.
Be firm
Good leaders are firm without being harsh. A good leader tells the dog to do something. He or she doesn’t shout at the dog, plead with the dog or scream at the dog to obey. The punctuation at the end of a good leader’s command is merely a period.
Be humane
Third, a good leader is compassionate. He or she doesn’t punish the dog for mistakes made by the leader.
Give praise
When the dog does something praiseworthy, deliver approval immediately. A good leader does not praise unwanted behaviors, no matter how unintentional the recognition may be.
If the dog shows fear, aggressiveness, or timidity, the good leader either ignores the behavior or tells the dog to knock it off. The good leader doesn’t praise and, therefore, encourage the response by stroking the dog, telling him it’s OK, you’re a good boy, etc., while the dog is acting out.
Puppy kindergarten builds foundation
Use puppy kindergarten to start training and socializing your dog and to teach her to to interact in a positive, self-controlled way.
9 tips to combat finicky eaters
Nearly all dogs look forward to mealtime, more than anything else. But some dogs can be finicky eaters. To combat that, try feeding by hand or adding water.
Prepare your dog for the arrival of a new baby
Prepare dog for baby: Focus on obedience training. Make sure the dog follows basic commands including sit, down, and stay.
Stop your dog’s food aggression
Never tolerate food aggression. Your dog should respect you and understand you always have the right to give and take away food.
Help your dog overcome her fear of stairs
Overcome dog stairs fear by training a young puppy to go up and down stairs while they are still fearless, rubbery and bounce.
Stop dog begging before it starts
Dogs don’t instinctively know now how to beg. Unfortunately, people teach dog begging. And once dogs start begging, it’s hard to stop.
How many words does your dog know?
Talk to your dog daily. The more you communicate with your dog, the more words dogs know.
Take the 5-day challenge to enrich your dog’s life
Enrich your dog’s life: Take the 5-day challenge to provide enrichment to engage their pup’s mind and body in healthy and rewarding activities.
Train your pit bull puppy right
This brief guide will look at how to raise a pit bull puppy via training, health care needs, diet and understanding their personality.
