by Tena Parker | Jan 14, 2014 | "How To...", Basic Training Tips, personal
Tips for Training Class This past weekend Loki started an advanced puppy class. His first adult basic class (taken because I didn’t want him in group play with rowdy puppies) was a small class with 2 or 3 other students in it at any given time (though the first...
by Tena Parker | Jan 7, 2014 | "How To...", Basic Training Tips, clicker training
Freezing Temps–Fired Up Dogs! It’s Monday night at 10pm or so and it’s already -6F air temp with windchill of -25F. Today’s temps dropped like a rock and it was 0F by this afternoon. We are lucky that these temps are only going to last...
by Tena Parker | Jan 6, 2014 | Basic Training Tips, Body language, Dog Behavior, Fearful Dog
Hey! That’s Not Dominance! I regularly get asked questions from dog guardians that are worried about their dog being dominant (this happens more often than I would like to mention). They are often genuinely concerned because they’ve either heard a T.V....
by Tena Parker | Oct 8, 2013 | "How To...", Basic Training Tips, Dog Fitness, equipment, General Dog Care, Puppy Fun
How to effectively Ditch The Food Bowl I’ve written before about ditching your food bowl a few different times over the last few years but I’ve never focused an entire post on the subject (or not a detailed informational post). I have mentioned my use of...
by Tena Parker | Sep 20, 2013 | Basic Training Tips
Measuring Successes In String Cheese A few weeks ago I wrote a blog post and made two videos about teaching loose leash walking. My method for teaching loose leash walking is based around using a high rate of reinforcement to shape the leash manners. Whenever we are...
by Tena Parker | Sep 11, 2013 | "How To...", Basic Training Tips, equipment
How to Hold the Leash –yeah, really You may be laughing right now thinking, “of COURSE I know how to hold a leash, I do it every day!” Well, just because you do it everyday, doesn’t mean you do it right (there are lots of non-dog examples of...
