Just who would need dog agility training? Aren’t dogs just naturally agile and fit and able to run and jump and chase balls and Frisbees and so on? It’s partially true that dogs are naturally gifted athletes in their own right. They have very muscular bodies in proportion to their weight which makes them able [...]

It’s important when you get a new puppy to start your dog obedience training as soon as she is old enough to interact with other people and the family; usually this means about eight weeks of age. While some dog owners have a tendency to get a bit overwhelmed with this entire process, you don’t [...]

If you’re trying to train your dog you may be a bit overwhelmed by all the different methods and bits of advice that are out there today.  Some advocate a very domineering attitude toward your dog and say that you need to firmly establish yourself as the alpha dog so your dog has a proper [...]

Sending your beloved pet to dog training classes can actually be very difficult for some owners.  To them, having to send a dog to someone else to be trained can seem like some type of failure on their part, like having to send their own child away to detention camp or something!  In reality many [...]

As any pet owner will tell you, dog training can be difficult at times. It’s hard to deal with an animal that doesn’t speak English and can’t understand all of your directions and commands, and that seemingly has little respect for you and your home. Many owners resort to harsh methods of teaching [...]