The first week of October is National Walk Your Dog Week. In honor of that, the theme for our Positive Pet Training blog hop this month is exercise and training. In this post, we are going to focus on the benefits of walking your dog(s)! In the past, Walk Your Dog Week was something I often used to motivate me to get out and walk. With four dogs in the house, we were not … [Read more...]
Dog Sports – For Competition or Just for Fun & Enrichment
Sometimes I feel a bit envious when I see many of my dog blogger friends displaying ribbons that their dogs won at their latest competition. Mostly I just feel happy for them, but there’s that little twinge…. When we first brought Luke home I had dreams of competing in agility with him. Then we found out he had bad knees; and running and jumping are not good for him. When I … [Read more...]
Positive Pet Training – Loose Leash Walking
When I realized what the topic for this month’s Positive Pet Training blog hop was, “Loose Leash Walking”, I had to stop and think a minute. I hadn’t really had my mind on that subject lately, and you know why? I was so pleased to realize it was because this is a training subject Luke and I have pretty well mastered! I think it's safe to say that every dog we’ve ever had … [Read more...]
You Get the Dog You Need
“You don’t always get the dog you want, but you get the dog that you need.” – Cesar Millan I didn’t know who that quote was attributed to, until I looked it up! I certainly wouldn’t go around quoting him, especially for a post on positive pet training, but I do think he might have been right about that. In a perfect world, that quote could be turned around as well….that a … [Read more...]
Impulse Control – What Does it Mean for Your Dog?
The theme for this month's Positive Pet Training blog hop is "Impulse Control". I never really gave a lot of thought before to impulse control and what it means for dogs. It’s not that I had perfectly trained dogs, but more that I just wasn’t familiar with formal dog training and the terms involved. Until Luke came along, we didn’t do a lot of specific training with our dogs, … [Read more...]
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