Pet Library

Dog: Drop It Command

Teaching your dog to drop something on command means you will be able to get dangerous or unauthorized items away from her without problems or aggression.

Dog: Down Command

Down is a great way to teach your dog impulse control and to make your life easier. A dog lying down can’t jump, surf counters, knock over trash cans, or steal your shoes.

Dog: Health Vaccinations

Almost all authorities believe that dogs should be vaccinated against common or dangerous
infectious diseases. Vaccines don’t always completely protect a dog from getting sick. However, they usually provide a great deal of protection and reduce the severity of symptoms if the dog does become infected.

Dog: Will baby make four?

Do you have a bundle of joy on the way? Congratulations! Introducing a newborn baby into your home is a big change for the entire family, including the family dog. However, a baby on the way shouldn’t mean an eviction notice for your dog.

Dog: Training Philosophy

Like people, dogs perform better when they are reinforced for their achievements. Rewards
maintain the motivation and build a positive human-animal bond.

Dog: Touch or Target

Teaching your dog the touch/target command means you can distract her from things you don’t want her to focus on and get her attention in situations that could be dangerous.

Dog: Submissive and Excitement Urination

Submissive urination is a fear-related appeasement behavior that happens when a dog feels
threatened—regardless of whether or not the threat is real or only exists in the dog’s head.

Dog: Stay Command

Stay is one of the most useful commands you can teach your dog. You can use it to keep your dog from overwhelming visitors to your house, prevent begging at the table, get your dog out from
underfoot while you tend to household chores, or to make it easier to bring your dog to public places.

Dog: Sit Command

This one is a must and a behavior any dog can learn. A staple of all good dog manners, sitting when asked can help with polite greetings and as a first step to learning many other behaviors.
For many dogs, sitting becomes their way of saying “please” when they would like you to throw a ball or open a door.

Dog: Separation Related Problems

Dogs generally don’t enjoy alone time. They are highly social animals, genetically programmed to be in a pack with other individuals 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.