Teach your dog to Beg (aka: Sit Pretty)

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I don’t like the use of the “subordinate” word Beg, but it is the classic term for this trick. The more P.C. term is Sit Pretty, the reason I don’t personally use this term is because I find the association with the word Beg is picked up much faster. I also believe that the negative association in having your dog “beg” is a human stereotype and as long as it is fun, the dog doesn’t have any concern with what ever word you want. If you want to use the spanish word for Beg (Mendigar) than it’s up to you. Any cue will do fine. Hand signals work too. For this example I am using the cue “beg”. Read More…

When is the right time to start to train your dog?

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Asking the question how young is too young to train your dog is a fair enough question. I get asked it frequently. However the answer is not as straight forward as saying “10 weeks is when you start training”. Each dog is different, breed differences also mean that your training may start earlier, or later. Read More…

We’ve Launched!

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Mark it in your calender, 2013 was the year we finally launched the website. Now I will admit it is not the launch we wanted, but it’s better to launch with something than with nothing.

For a really long time we built a website from scratch, and again and again it was either too adventurous for us to handle or didn’t work or look the way we wanted. So the decision was made to put together a basic website for people to at least view something!

So here it is, the first version of the website. We will continue to revise and improve the site to bring new features and new information to you all, but for now, this is what we have and we are proud to have it online!

Spending time with our dogs through trick training is a worthy goal, so we want to get as much information out there to encourage as many people to engage with their pets at a deeper level.

I hope you enjoy what we have to offer.

Teach your dog to jump

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Did you know that teaching your dog to jump on command helps curb over excited jumping? It may seem counter intuitive but it works. The same principle also works for barking. When a dog learns a particular behaviour on command they learn that particular behaviour is only acceptable on command, thus preventing the unwanted behaviour later. Read More…