Dog Training Articles

Choosing an Obedience Program for Your Dog

Outsourcing has become the way of the future. Major corporations do it. Little Mom and Pop operations do it. Why shouldn’t you? Of course, if you don’t own a business and you aren’t lucky enough to be a high ranking business executive (or unlucky enough, as the case may be; it’s often the very successful that wind up with ulcers before their thirtieth birthday) you probably don’t have a clue how the sentence above pertains to you. The answer is simple. If you fall into the large percentage of the population that has made the wise decision to allow a dog to become a part of your family you can outsource the training of your pet.
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Teaching Your Dog Basic Commands

When you first bring your dog home you probably have a great deal of things in mind that you intend to do with them. You have pictures in your head of warm Saturdays spent taking walks along the beach and Sunday afternoons spent playing fetch in your backyard. You dream of a dog who will come to greet you when you get home from work each day and who will sit at your feet in front of the fireplace as you relax with a beer or a glass of wine and the newspaper in the evening.
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Tricks to Teach Your Dog

A dog is a wonderful companion, no matter what the circumstances, but sometimes it’s fun to have a dog that you can play with and show off to your friends. Fortunately, you don’t have to be a professional trainer working with the circus to teach your dog to do some neat tricks. With a bit of patience and perseverance you can teach your dog anything you want it to know.
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What to do When Your Dog Won’t Listen

Okay, you’ve tried everything. You’ve read all the books, you’ve studied the techniques of professional trainers, you’ve firmly employed positive and negative reinforcement to the point that the local grocer is completely out of doggie treats and newspaper, you’ve even resorted to calling the Oprah of the canine world in a desperate attempt to find out why you’re not reaching your pet on the proper psychological level. Nothing has worked. Your dog still refuses to listen.
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