Housebreaking a Puppy

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Positive dog training is proven to be the most effective form of training. Positive reinforcement of a behavior coupled with the ignoring of bad or incorrect behavior is scientifically proven to be the best form of training.
Say you would like the dog to sit. You can say “sit”, point to the [...]

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Consistency is the most critical part of dog training. A dog must realize that they have to obey your command every time it is given. If you do not enforce the rules, the dog will know that it can get away without obeying. Of course you can do this with positive enforcement [...]

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Training your dog can be a rough time if you don’t know where to start. First things first, love your dog. If you don’t show your animal that you care for it, he may seem uninterested in listening to you. It is also important to ‘treat’ your dog when he [...]

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Reader Story:
Oh, I love our dog so much. It’s hard to imagine life without him. He’s an unusual breed, a Canaan, pretty much like a white shepherd, and as a herding dog he’s got a strong personality and an independent streak. We’ve really tried, in the two years we’ve had him, to [...]

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Spaying and neutering your pet is extremely important for several reasons. Although some people may view desexing your pet as inhumane, it is better for your animal in the long run. Desexing your animal helps with animal population control. Many animals do not have homes. They starve to death living on the [...]