by K9Randy | Apr 27, 2018 | Dog Behavior
Want a Happy Well Balanced Dog? This is What You Need to Do. When pet parents contact us for help,our initial purpose is to provide some basic information such as our costs, what we do, and then reassure them that it’s nothing we have not already seen. Pet...
by K9Randy | Apr 20, 2018 | Dog Behavior
Don't Feel Sorry For the Dog We see a variety of dogs at our training center. We have happy dogs, hyper dogs, scared dogs, nervous dogs, reactive dogs, calm dogs, confident dogs, submissive dogs, aggressive dogs, and the list goes on. We also have dogs that come in...
by K9Randy | Apr 1, 2018 | Dog Behavior
Got a Reactive Dog? It all Comes Down to Management. I was at a West Michigan pet store the other day and overheard the cashier asking a customer why they never bring their dog to the store. The couple said, “He isn’t good with other dogs, in fact, he probably...
by K9Randy | Feb 8, 2018 | Dog Behavior
Motivation drives dogs to dig, or to chase cars, or to chase kids on bicycles and skateboards. Dogs are motivated by things that move because they are fun to chase. When they cannot catch them, they become very frustrated. They will continue to chase something on...
by K9Randy | Jan 29, 2018 | Dog Behavior, Dog Toys and Products
I read a fair number of dog training books. The last four I read were The Good Dog Way by Sean O’Shea, The Dog Who Loved Too Much by Dr. Nicholas Dodman, In Defence of Dogs by John Bradshaw and Let Dogs Be Dogs by The Monks of New Skete. One was written by a...
by K9Randy | Jan 22, 2018 | Dog Behavior
On my way to work the other day, I saw a thing of beauty. A young woman wearing a down vest, knit hat, with her hair pulled back in a ponytail had a leash in one hand and a coffee in the other. Both she and her dog (which was prancing in a perfect heel) were taking...
