Positive Dog Training

Adding A Second Dog: Five Tips Based on What Is Working for Us

Rosana Hart — Mon, 13 May 2013 00:21:34 +0000

It’s been a couple of months since we added a second dog to our family, and after a few rough spots in the early weeks, things have been going very well. Here you see Lola, our six-year-old Rottweiler, in her favorite living room spot by a sunny window. Nicky, on the sofa, is often close

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How a Man with Disabilities Trained His Greyhound to Be His Service Dog

Rosana Hart — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 00:28:53 +0000

Comet’s Tale: How the Dog I Rescued Saved My Life is the compelling story of how a man who found himself with a degenerative back condition in midlife coped with it, and how a dog was central to his life after his troubles hit. Steven D. Wolf, who wrote this book, was an attorney in Nebraska

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Bach Flower Remedies for Dogs

Rosana Hart — Tue, 23 Apr 2013 00:27:45 +0000

One unusual approach to dog health and healing is the use of flower essences, whether the long-established Bach flower remedies or the other flower essences that have been created in more recent years. I have had more experience with these things for humans than for dogs, but the other day at the post office I

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Train the Sit… Again and Again and Again!

Rosana Hart — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 03:07:23 +0000

I train my dogs to sit. We practice over and over and over again, and I really like the results. My dogs sit when I ask them to. Here you see our new dog Nicky sitting several times, before getting a meal. You can see that his left front paw tends to creep forward, but

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Reflecting on Dog Breeds and Behavior, Because of Our New Dog

Rosana Hart — Tue, 02 Apr 2013 03:21:29 +0000

How does the breed, or breeds in the case of a mixed-breed, of a dog affect its behavior? With a new dog in the family, that’s been on my mind a lot. Nicky, shown here sniffing a dog toy I had made him, is a Shetland Sheepdog (Sheltie) crossed with Papillon. We haven’t done a

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A Sheltie-Papillon Joins Our Family!

Rosana Hart — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 20:28:42 +0000

We now have two dogs again! Besides our 6 year old Rottweiler, Lola, we have just adopted Nicky, a 3 and a half year old Sheltie-Papillon mix. Nicky’s direct gaze in this photo is characteristic. He loves to interact with people. We have had him about ten days now, and we are getting a clear idea

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Grain-Free Dog Food

Rosana Hart — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:45:28 +0000

The other day I was chatting with a woman who has several dogs who have digestive challenges. She mostly feeds a brand called Taste of the Wild. It’s one of a number of brands that are grain-free. They cost more, but you may be able to feed less of them. From what I’ve read, dogs

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One Dog or Two?

Rosana Hart — Thu, 07 Mar 2013 04:14:24 +0000

We’re down to one dog. It’s been a couple of months since our old dog died, and as LarryDog was 16 and a half, it was quite easy to let him go gently away. Our 6-year-old Rottweiler Lola has had several play dates since then. It’s handy that we have a large fenced yard. “Seems

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Why and How To Train “Watch Me” — And an Unexpected Side Effect

Rosana Hart — Wed, 27 Feb 2013 16:05:25 +0000

Recently I clicker trained my six-year-old Rottweiler to watch me, that is, to make and hold eye contact with me. As you may have heard, many dogs don’t like to do this, but once I clicked and treated for it a number of times, Lola thought it was just fine. I can count to about

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Why Dog Training Is Not Like Driving a Car

Rosana Hart — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:35:45 +0000

It’s easy to see how dog training IS rather like driving a car. Input and output. You turn the steering wheel to the left and the car moves to the left. You tell a trained dog to sit and stay, and the dog sits and stays. You have very subtle control over the car, and

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