A responsible and conscientious dog owner selects all their dog care professionals (veterinarian, trainer, groomer, etc.) with care. There is, however, one professional, that needs to be chosen more carefully than any. Yes, even over your dog trainer. That's your dog...
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Book Review: The Evolution of Charlie Darwin by Beth Duman
Published by Earth Voices Publishing, 2011 191 Pages "Do you want to learn to train your dog using the gentlest dog-friendly methods but you get overwhelmed reading long, complicated training books? If so, this book is for you!" The Evolution of Charlie Darwin is part...
Free Training Plan: Around
Hi Everyone, After slacking off for two weeks while on holidays (When Hounds Fly was closed, and I also slacked off on Petey's training) I'm back at it and yesterday I taught Petey a new behavior - "Around" - which is just to go out and go around an object, either...
Good Training Decisions Are Obvious With Experience
I'm now a month into the Silvia Trkman course and beginning to crack open the 3rd set of bi-weekly lesson plans. One of the new exercises I've been working on is the 2-on 2-off, which is where a dog learns to go onto a platform, and only have the front two paws come...
Good Shaping is Stress*-Free
Today during new student orientations, When Hounds Fly welcomed a new student with a 16 month old English Bulldog. Their owner had completed three levels of classes at another dog training school (a typical Toronto dog training school - mostly positive, old-fashioned...
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