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A Guide to a Calm Holiday Season with Your Dog
The holiday season is often described as the most wonderful time of the year, but for dog parents, it can also bring a whirlwind of stress.
Between bustling schedules, a parade of visitors, and the clatter of festive chaos, even the calmest dogs might feel overwhelmed. Thankfully, with a little planning and some creative management, you can navigate the holiday hustle while keeping your dog happy and your household peaceful. Let’s dive into the key strategies to reduce stress for your dog—and yourself—this holiday season.
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10/11/2023 0 Comments Heading down the Vet Prep Path
Preparing your nervous pet for a visit to the vet can be a daunting and overwhelming task.
Sometimes it feels like an all or nothing situation. "Well, if my dog is never going to love the Vet, we should just get it over with".
With a bit of understanding and some home-taught skills, you can make the next Vet visit a little happier. You'll turn this potentially stressful situation into a smoother and more comfortable experience for both you and your pup. Here is a overview to help you understand how I recommend navigating down the Vet Prep Path. If you are living with and loving an emotional, excitable, or reactive dog, let me share the top 10 things he wants you to know... Living with reactive dogs isn't easy. It can be frustrating, lonely, exhausting, confusing and full of rabbit holes, too much information, not enough information, a whirlwind. Let's narrow it down. Today, I'm going to share the top 10 things that I know your dog probably wants to tell you. Because I've been working with dogs for so long, I'm confident that your dog would agree with the pieces of knowledge I'm sharing here
 7 Essential Skill Building Rules for your Family Pup Every new dog skill taught can have many uses as replacements for problem behaviors so whether you're frustrated with your dog and want to teach him something new to replace a "misbehavior" or you want to teach your dog fun tricks for relationship building, there are 7 key rules to keep in mind when teaching your dog anything new!
Do you have a dog who loves to put everything in his mouth?Do you know the 3 main reasons why dogs will often steal items they shouldn't have?  Here's what you need to know, in order to get to better behavior with your dog
Whether you're questioning a problem behavior in your dog, you are wondering how to teach a new behavior, or you just brought home a new family member and are just wondering where to start, there are 5 important building blocks to making your way to better behavior with your dog!
11/25/2020 0 Comments Hosting a Thanksgiving meal?Here are some quick tips to keep your pup busy and safe during your feast!
Days like this are about the management, not the training. Hosting a meal or guests can be stressful enough. Use the day of to apply good management techniques and worry about changing any problem behaviors on another day
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