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For all the parents out there, do you remember potty training, or toilet training, your child? It wasn't easy. There were a lot of parts that needed to be accomplished. Your child had to recognize the urge, control her bladder, know where it was appropriate to go, alert you, have the drive to go in the new spot instead of the easier, familiar spot, and so much more!
Puppies need to learn the same basic pieces. They need to learn the appropriate place, be convinced to go there instead of the easier, more familiar floor, hold their bladder/bowels, alert you, etc. See the parallels? I have come up with 5 pillars to potty training and a 3 stage plan that you can master. Let me share the questions you need to start thinking about if you are going to have any success with potty training and then we can get into learning the 3 stage process
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Get a puppy they said. It'll be fun, they said. It's a perfect time since you're home all the time... they said.
Sound familiar? Hey now, don't get me wrong. A puppy is a great investment into your future but that's just it. It's your future. It's your puppy's future. It can be overwhelming to know where to start! 
Here are some of the questions I've been getting...
Do you have a pandemic puppy? Well, talk about adding more overwhelm when the puppy raising you thought you knew looks so much different! You can't accompany your puppy into the vet's office. You can't go to in-person puppy social classes. If you don't have kids at home, how can you socialize your puppy to kids? Group classes are less accessible than usual. Most training is online, which is such a wonderful resource to have available to you but without a plan, it can be hard to know where to start! So in this post, I'd like to break down some of the training tasks that puppies are most receptive to early on. 4/16/2020 0 Comments Manners Matter Game Do Manners Matter?
Of course they do! Play the Manners Matter Game to work on your dog's manners in a really fun way! What motivates you? Play for prizes, play for fun, play for better behavior Over the next two weeks, come play my new training game with your dog. Move around the game board, perform the tasks, share your progress, invite your friends! 
 Good afternoon friend, In following with the CDC Guidelines and mandatory school closures, all small businesses (including but certainly not limited to service-based businesses like mine) are taking a hard hit. With that being said, I will be pushing forward a couple of new services I already had in the works  9/23/2019 0 Comments Hissing. Spitting. Oh My.
What a scared hissing cat reminded me of today...
I'm about to get real. 
HISSING. SPITTING. Of the feline variety
Sadly, it's a reality at the vet's office and I see it often. It's the feline equivalent of growling and snapping. Look, I get it. I place no blame. Well, actually, I do place a little blame on the movie "Pet Sematary" - I walked into the room when my mom was watching it after I was supposed to be in bed as a child, and I am forever scarred... Anyways, I digress. The cat was terrified and was willing to let us know... But it makes me want to run for the hills. No joke. Often, I will tap out on that one with someone who prefers the hissing to the growling but today, it wasn't an option. So I dealt, mostly. But when my adrenaline came down today and my palms stopped sweating, I realized something... 9/18/2019 1 Comment Body Language: Aim for Fluency
9/12/2019 0 Comments Nail Trimming Issues?
9/3/2019 0 Comments My own reactive dogCategoriesAll Behavior Competition Dock Dogs Dog Dog Training Kids Kids And Dogs Management Muzzle The trainer's dog. What's your expectation? Good manners. A perfect stay, a rock solid recall, a happy-go-lucky, well-socialized, perfect advocate for my training skills and services? Let me introduce you to my dog. Meet Willow. Willow is my dog-reactive, kid-reactive, work-boot reactive, cat chasing, wild girl. Does that mean she's aggressive? No. It means she gets emotional in those circumstances. It means she has some trouble controlling her arousal level when triggered by the above.
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