If you have a dog or a puppy and would like to take holiday photos of him/her wearing a Santa hat, here’s a how-to video on helping a pooch become comfortable while training hat wearing. My board-and-train student’s name is Farley. He’s an adorable miniature poodle puppy who demonstrates how he became brave and wore the Santa hat. Follow along to do the same with your doggo. If you want to enroll your puppy or dog in my humane board-and-train {Read More}
Poodle Puppy Finds A Spooky Ghost Snake
October 26, 2025 By
Here’s a little spooky dog behavior adventure for the spooky season. This is Farley, a 3.5-month-old poodle puppy who graduated his board-and-train with a special bravery add-on. He stood his ground when he found a snake skin during our walk and fought the thing off. Notice the way he approaches and retreats, and how he stretches off his back-paw tippy toes to gain proximity, while he’s at the ready to rebound and bounce out of there if need be. That {Read More}
Lexi Comes For A Boarding Visit
July 6, 2025 By
Lexi is an adorable rescue dog who was adopted from a local animal shelter. She enrolled in board-and-train at Outsmarting Dogs a few months back, and occasionally boards with me when her parents take a trip. She hung out with me over the fourth of July weekend this year, and seeing her was such a pleasure. Lexi seems to be part golden beauty, part sporty girl, and a bunch of love packed into sleekness. Her tail wags regularly and she’s {Read More}
Baking Training Food From Canned Prescription Dog Food
May 31, 2025 By
I am training an adorable pooch who has a propensity to form struvite crystals. According to his veterinarian, the only food the dog is allowed to eat is corporately made canned or kibble prescription diets. In order to train this fellow humanely, I needed food that I can pass to him and that he can eat on the go. So I baked training food from the contents of the canned dog food as is shown in the following video. Basically, {Read More}
April Showers During Board-and-Train
April 19, 2025 By
We’re in the middle of spring and though it’s a little bit dry, we’re expecting April showers any day now. One of my board-and-train pooches, Lexi, is into all sports because she is likely mixed with a little bit sporting dog and a little bit hound dog. She loves water and she loves to chase birds as you’ll see in this video. She may not catch them, but that’s all right. It’s the sport that counts. Not all dogs are {Read More}
