Helpful Tips for Toronto Dog Owners
A question we get a lot here at When Hounds Fly is "when can I start walking my dog off leash?" It seems like it's a goal for a lot of people - almost like a sign their dog is well trained, to be able to walk around the city without a leash on. The answer we always...
We - Rachael, Andre, and Verena - just got back from Portland, Oregon, where we spend 4 days at ClickerExpo - a huge conference for clicker trainers, run by the Karen Pryor Academy, where all three of us studied. It was a truly amazing experience, spending four...
Just this month I was asked by two people (a fellow Karen Pryor Academy trainer, and a Toronto veterinarian) whether I do board and train or whether I had referrals for trainers that did. My response to them was this: "Most board and train facilities are terrible and...
Dear Dog Training Professional: If I know you're good, you've gotten referrals from me. I don't travel far to see clients, and neither do the other trainers here. My general rule of thumb is, if I can't bike there in 20 minutes from one of our locations, then it's too...
Katie, Andre, and I recently met with Yariv Melamed, a dog trainer for Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind, while he was in town for work. In and of itself, this was pretty cool. Meeting people who train working dogs in any field is always interesting....
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