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By your dog trainer Andrew Ledford 714-827-4058 Interactive Dog toys with special interest placed on dog puzzle toys, what is their effect on dog training, learning, and teaching – thoughts from a Dog Trainers Forum presentation. This article was first published around 2008 on my 101-Dog-Training-Tip website concerning a dog training presentation I attended about…
What Should I do When Getting A New Puppy? Are you getting a new dog this year? If so you may want to know more about new dog syndrome. Understanding New dog syndrome can help us and our dogs deal more effectively with the stress of bringing a new dog into the household. Getting New…
What can a seven (7) week old puppy learn is a question I received from one of my dog training websites. See the puppy training video about half way down the page.I got this question from a reader who wanted to know “What to train a dog at 7 weeks.” I am guessing they want…
Here is a short video of a very active terripoo walking on a loose leash. This is from an in home dog training lesson. We even walked by a barking dog without much of a problem. This is a big accomplishment for such a happy and excitable young dog. I expect this dog will be…
I no longer offer board and train programs out of my house. There is a chance I will start this training again in the future. However, I can still do training while your dog is boarding at one of the boarding kennels I work with. A short board and train program is the perfect tune…
Long Beach, CA. Dog Training At Bluff Park Here are a few pictures of me helping a friend Train their dog in Long Beach at Bluff Park. In these photos I’m teaching the proper way to hold the leash. You can see in previous posts that I am trying to mainly use positive reinforcement with…
Encourage good dog behavior with the appropriate discriminative stimuli. Is managing discriminative stimuli part of philosophy, business management, or dog training? This is what Wikipedia has to say about “Stimulus control and discriminative stimuli: Stimulus control is the phenomenon of a stimulus increasing the probability of a behavior (operant response) because of a history of…
Here is a video of the first time I did any training with a friend’s new pit bull rescue. We were at Dog Beach in Long Beach, California. While this dog is wearing a pinch collar I don’t like starting the training process with this type of collar. In this video I try to use…
I’m a Beagle that plays with cats. Beagle That plays With Cats Beagle Eyeing Black Cat On Table. This is my cousin’s Beagle. Since it’s a girl I wonder if that make it a begal? The first thing I noticed when I showed up is that this dog likes to jump and run and play…
Over the week end I met with another dog enthusiast at one of the dog parks in Long beach. We had a nice chat about dogs and dog training. For people who live a dog centric life chatting about dogs can include just about everything one does. If anyone reading this would like to meet…
Here are some photos from our last training lesson. I usually do a 5 lesson dog training package. This is a very good dog, when I showed up he was getting back from playing with the neighbor’s puppy. German Shepherd Dog – you have my attention – GDS training German Shepherd Dog Pointing – Did…
This is a tale of the Labrador and the Pointer at Dog Beach. I have owned a few German Shorthaired Pointers and have trained a whole lot more. As far a Labradors go I’ve owned at least 13 of those dogs. One of my Labs was trained for theatrical work and was in a few…
