Carole Francis-Swayze The best way to stop a dog from barking is to first create a relationship with him/her through training. Training teaches the dog to respect the handler so when s/he says “no” when the dog is barking, the dog listens and stops. Respect for the handler is developed by teaching foundation obedience skills to the … Read more BEST WAY TO STOP A DOG FROM EXCESSIVE BARKING
Dog training is important. But not everybody thinks so. I didn’t until I matured and started working with dogs myself on a regular basis. During this process, it became abundantly clear to me that after providing for basic needs, training is one of the most important things we can do for our canine friends. Here … Read more WHY DOG TRAINING IS IMPORTANT
Dog training with treats creates more problems than it solves. In this article, I will discuss those problems and will ultimately argue that training a dog without treats works better for the dog/human partnership than training with them.. The comments below are largely pulled from dog trainer Don Sullivan’s book Wake Up and Smell the … Read more DOG TRAINING WITH TREATS; THE PROBLEMS IT POSES
INTRODUCTION The purpose of this article is to explore how the components of good horsemanship have sharpened my ability as a dog trainer. This, in turn, can be of great benefit to owners who wish to rely on my expertise to train their dogs.. What are those components, you may ask, and how could they … Read more HOW GOOD HORSEMANSHIP MAKES A BETTER DOG TRAINER
The best way to train dogs is to do it the way they do. The way dogs train themselves is by submitting to the rules and boundaries provided by pack leaders. The question is how do they do that, and how might their behavior inform the way we train our own dogs. In this article, … Read more HOW TO TRAIN DOGS; THE BEST WAY