Doggy Doorbell Ringing

Dogs figure out how to make things work for them. At Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train boot camp, dogs may learn to ring a doorbell as part of their housetraining or housebreaking protocols and then use that doorbell for more ways than one. Dogs also get very creative when they go home and clients have told me that their dogs also use their doorbells to communicate other messages besides having to go potty. I recently recorded my own dogs outsmarting me with {Read More}

Outsmarting Dogs Puppy and Dog Board and Train Boot Camp

Outsmarting Dogs is a board-and-train in Lee county for owners of dogs and puppies who want humane, positive training. If you’re looking for a humane boot camp for your family pooch, contact me! ———- Helen Verte Schwarzmann 239-368-3682 Contact me Certified in Training and Counseling Certified Pet Dog Trainer-Knowledge Assessed Certified Trick Dog Instructor AKC STAR Puppy, CGC, and Trick Dog Trainer and Evaluator Your Board-and-Train Dog Trainer for southwest Florida, Cape Coral, Fort Myers, Sanibel, Gateway, Bonita Springs, Naples, {Read More}

Holiday Board-and-Train Puppies

Happy holidays from Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train for puppies and dogs! Bee is a Goldendoodle puppy we’ve been outsmarting this December. She’s been learning that greeting people is much better with four paws on the floor, that pulling on leash doesn’t get her too far, and that when she plays pet manners games for the win, she earns delicious dog traininghttps://outsmartingdogs.com/holiday-board-and-train-puppies-fort-myers-naples-fort-lauderdale-dog-training/ food, such as tuna fudge. Auggie is an adolescent Schnauzer whose counter surfing skills are being traded in for other {Read More}

Halloween Dog Tricks

Dressing up and decorating is part of Halloween festivities. So is trick or treat And taking photos and movies. Board-and-train dogs will sometimes revisit me for boarding, updating behaviors, or learning tricks. When owners go on vacation, they send their dogs to me for updating skills or learning new tricks. Two very special pooches visit me often enough and feel like my extended family. Nala is a beautiful German Shorthaired Pointer. She loves to stalk birds and lizards and the {Read More}

Retraining and Practicing A Dog Trick

Training an older dog or a larger dog as an adult is doable. When you have a larger breed dog, though, training certain behaviors is easier done when that large hulk is a smaller sized dumpling. Take the trick behavior many people like to train their dogs, roll over. It’s not an easy trick for many people to train, depending on their dogs. Larger dogs need lots of space and a limber trainer. Even small, stiff dogs, who are uncomfortable {Read More}