Why buy a dog when you can bring home a new best friend from a local animal shelter well-nigh for free?  Purebred dogs come with health issues of over breeding and special grooming requirements – and these issues are often altogether absent among dogs of mixed breed. If you insist on a purebred – you should still go to your local shelter.  On a recent visit, I saw one Great Dane, [...]

One of the most important things on any new dog owner’s list is to pick the perfect name for their new dog. Unfortunately, this could seem a lot easier said than done because there are just so many doggone good dog names to choose from!   The sky is literally the limit (and, incidentally, “Sky” makes a great dog name too)! If you find yourself scratching your head, [...]

  Clicker Training For Gundogs Clicker Training is a relatively new way of training a dog using a small finger-length box which makes a sharp and distinctive click. Clicker training is the art and science of using a conditioned reinforcer to train your dog using no corrections or punishments. The pet-friendly way to train…Many dog owners worry about the things their gundog does wrong. Clicker [...]

An essential part of training is leash training for dogs. This training method can also come in handy when you’re teaching other commands as well. It also is a major safety issue. If you apply the correct methods, you’ll quickly learn that leash training is both an enjoyable and easy process. Leash Training for Dogs can be dissected into 4 basic steps: Step 1: One of [...]

Training dogs is not a hard. You just need patience, dedication and some simple tactics and you will teach them successfully. Here are five top tips on how to train your dogs successfully: 1. To avoid your dog getting confused and so that they can learn to recognize commands easily only one person should be responsible for training the dog initially. If too many people are trying to train the dog [...]

Have you ever had the unfortunate experience of going to sleep in a crappy bed, then get up the next day hurting all over your body?  If you haven’t, your lucky.  If you have, you already know that it is no fun.  If your animal was able to speak, what would they have to say about their bed? I’m guessing it would depend on whether he has an old pillow placed in a box like [...]

Housebreaking your new dog may seem like a daunting prospect, buy it’s usually pretty easy. No matter what age your dog is, the same principles apply: praise, supervision, confinement, and patience. Take your dog to his proper toilet area as often as possible, and praise him; supervise him at all times when he is in the house; and when you can’t supervise, confine him in some way. But above [...]

Dogs are pack animals. You and your family, and any other pets in the family, are his pack. When everyone leaves for work and school, some dogs get highly upset and may become destructive or aggravate the neighbors with constant barking and whining. What causes this behavior and is there anything that you can do about it? My Experience Long ago, I had a dog named Pepper. She was part Australian Sheppard, [...]

Your dog is your very best friend.  Every single time you walk through the door your dog is thus happy to work out you that he wags his tail and practically smiles at you.  How will you show your pet how a lot of they mean to you?  Well, one method is to take care of that smile for your pet.  Did you know that your dog’s diet will influence their oral health? Humans want to [...]

Dog Training (Adiestramiento Canino) is the process of instruction a dog (Canis lupus familiaris) to perform plastered actions in response to certain commands which the dog is trained to understand. It is a general term which does not, by itself, describe what or how the dog is taught.   There are many methods of dog training and many objectives, from basic obedience training to specialized areas [...]