DOGGIE DOG BLOG

Written by: David Harris
When dealing with the issue of a puppy’s play biting, the first thing to do is to decide what your goals are for that puppy.  What type of training you plan to use?  What type of dog do you want the puppy to mature to be?  And how long do you want […]

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Written by: M. M. Williams
Posted by David Harris
As another person approaches me with the words of, “I don’t use a crate for my dog because I think it is cruel,” I ponder a way to help them understand the crate better. A small child runs around my waste trying to fidget with the leash, and […]

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Posted by: David Harris
Great news for dog lovers of all types and haters of silly, ineffective laws.  In a knee jerk response to some bad press, the local Louisville Kentucky government went about passing even more dog laws for the uninformed and uneducated dog owners of this state to ignore.  Thankfully this time around the […]

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Text by: David Harris
Video and Training by: Cindy Jacobs
Featured puppy: Gus von Prufenpuden
www.vonjacobs.com
In Day Six of Cindy’s homespun puppy training Vlog she discusses two new behaviors - the roll over and the finish. Most people know what the roll over behavior looks like, but don’t understand the precursors to teaching it or the steps […]

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Posted by: David Harris
I found this news story and wanted to share it. I found this story to be both sad and interesting.  Sad because of the story of this poor dog, but what I found most interesting was the commentary.  When you read it you will see what I mean.  You will read tons […]

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Text by: David Harris
Video and Training by: Cindy Jacobs
Featured puppy: Gus von Prufenpuden
www.vonjacobs.com
In day five of the puppy training vlog, Cindy teaches Gus the down command. If your puppy is targeting your hand properly you will have no problem getting him to follow your hand, and go down. The most common mistake people […]

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Posted by: David Harris
Want to see how your dog sees the world?  What’s on your dog’s mind?  Does your dog hear sounds that you can’t?
Well now all of your most pressing doggy questions can be answered in a fun and educational way.  Brain-Builders.com has came out with a Doggie Science kit designed specifically for you, the […]

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Text by: David Harris
Video and Training by: Cindy Jacobs
Featured puppy: Gus von Prufenpuden
www.vonjacobs.com
To teach a complex behavior such a bark on command your puppy will need a solid understanding of the conditioned re-enforcer. Remember the conditioned re-enforcer is a sound (verbal or click) that the puppy associates with the arrival of a primary (food […]

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Text by: David Harris
Video and Training by: Cindy Jacobs
Featured puppy: Gus von Prufenpuden
www.vonjacobs.com
To view day four click here:
In day four of the puppy training vlog, Cindy continues to reinforce the behaviors she has taught. Targeting the hand, sitting when close, responding to ATT ATT as a negative cue, and shake hands. Also she is […]

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Text by: David Harris
Video and Training by: Cindy Jacobs
Featured puppy: Gus von Prufenpuden
www.vonjacobs.com
To view day three click here:
In day three of our puppy vlog, Cindy is developing two new behaviors. By moving about and making the puppy follow her to get food she is building a foundation towards the come command. She moves […]

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