We kill 5 million dogs a year at the tune of 500 million dollars a year..so someone is having fun and getting rich off of it. Not only are dogs being killed but puppy mills are thriving and the AKC is making 73 million dollars a year off of them. Pure Positive trainers are part…
One of the things that make me such an effective trainer is that I understnad what consequencial training is and I practice it on a daily basis. Now the media and most dog trainers will villify you if they even see you reading this. Keep in mind that the folks that write the books, the…
Living in New England we get snow, sometimes a little and sometimes a lot. Our training day does not change, we still walk the dogs, still work the dogs and still the dogs play outside. If you live in NE you cannot have the excuse about winter not working your dog, because between snow and…
One of the best household management commands is the PLACE command, simply put it is having your dog(s) go to a bed/blanket/small rug and not get off, your dog has the freedom to sit/stand/lay down or do any combination of those, your dog can chew a bone or on a toy. It gives your dog…
One of the best household management commands is the PLACE command, simply put it is having your dog(s) go to a bed/blanket/small rug and not get off, your dog has the freedom to sit/stand/lay down or do any combination of those, your dog can chew a bone or on a toy. It gives your dog…
We work dogs on treadmills every single day..we don’t use the treadmill to replace the structured walk, we do this in additon to an exercise program. It builds both mental and physcial stability, dogs love the structure and look forward to getting on the treadmill. We often have dogs in a downstay or the Place…
One of the things that we work on in every single Real World situation is the Place command and a Down/Stay, so many of the bad behavior that drives us crazy and has people turn dogs into animal shelters to eventually be killed for lack of adoption. Most bad behavior can be eliminated and corrected…
We clean every day of the week on the property, one of the fun things the kids can do is use the power washer in our dogs personal area. It is a wonderful sight to watch the dogs respond to Romy and Clover, they have full control of the 11 dogs in this area of…
It is quite common for dogs to bark at and “attack” rakes, shovels and vacuums. We do a baseline training of the PLACE command and a DOWNSTAY and then ad distractions See the full gallery on Posterous above are some photos of what we do all day long 7 days a week. MVI_2407.AVI…
One of the great things that I love to do is start working dogs off leash at the beach, the sense of freedom that you and your dog will have unleashing the true spirit of a dog. See the full gallery on Posterous I train dogs for true off leash work with remote training collars,…
