Gaining trust is part of board-and-train when all dogs arrive, but especially shy puppies and dogs. Luna is a Doodle who was rescued and adopted from a puppy mill. She has a big need to build confidence, and I gave her a good start at Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train for dogs and puppies. Luna’s new adopter is a perfect match for her little puppy. We love patient, caring owners! Those are our types of clients. I train humanely, with food and {Read More}
Working With Multiple Personalities Board And Training Dogs And Pups
July 4, 2024 By
Happy July 4th! Fireworks, sparkly and loud, are on the menu on this holiday. Make sure you keep your pooch safe when it comes to Independence Day. It can be fun for people, but a lot of dogs find the loud sounds very scary. Dogs who are shy and meek are more likely to run and hide from the loud noises on Independence day than the dogs who are outgoing and loud themselves. I have worked with all types of {Read More}
Counter Surfing and Swiping
June 23, 2024 By
We have a lovely and huge goldendoodle who has arrived at Outsmarting Dogs. His name is Seymour. One of his goals, actually his owners’ goal, is to reduce his hobby of swiping what he finds on his daily counter surfing excursions. After that, he then runs away with his precious swipe to be chased. It’s great fun for him. Not so much for his owners. We are working on reducing that behavior using completely humane and positive methods. If you {Read More}
Playing Ball With Rules For Safety
June 20, 2024 By
One of my board-and-trains who returns occasionally for boarding is Auggie. This fur kid is an energetic Schnauzer. He needs plenty of exercise, and lots of reminders of the rules from training. I train dogs to learn the rules, then I reinforce them for maintenance. I do this no matter if it’s their first time here or the fifth. Auggie was super excited, and when we started to play, he swiped my arm hard unexpectedly. That stung! After that, our {Read More}
Doggy Doorbell Ringing
March 16, 2024 By
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}
