April Fools’ Joke From My Dog

April Fools’ Day is here, and my Dobermann, who has a huge sense of humor, pulled one on me. He loves to figure out ways to get my attention, so ringing the doorbell was a good idea, he thought. And it was. It got me out the door and talking to him. His bottom teefies, which were apparently telling me he didn’t understand where I was coming from, were comical. Training a dog or puppy humanely, with food and positive {Read More}

Pet Dog Training Do Be Do be Do

Which of the three options do you side with? To be is to do. Socrates To do is to be. Kant Do be do be do be. Scooby Doo You can do research and find other authors attributed to those quotes. Who knows? At Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train dog training for your puppy or dog, I sing to the pooches and train them. When pooches come here, they are always doing and being and learning how to be good companion animals {Read More}

Board-and-Train Dog and Puppy Training Food – Tripe

Tripe preparation includes cutting and smelling a very distinctive scented food. I show you how to do that in this video. I trim lamb tripe sticks into smaller pieces, which I use to train dogs and puppies at Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train. Follow the instructions in this video and you can have an enticing training food for your own dog or puppy. These are the links to the lamb tripe I prepared in the video above. This is the 20 piece {Read More}

Housetraining and Play Time Puppies and Dogs

When dogs and puppies come to Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train, they get training and if compatible, playtime with my dog. This 5-month-old Labrador wanted to play with my girlie dog for a week. He flirted with her through the barrier in the house and they liked each other. My dog is excellent with other dogs, and puppies need to learn to play nice with adult dogs, so I let them have time together on a very windy Sunday afternoon. Neto, the {Read More}

Valentine’s Day With Your Valentine Pet

Happy Valentine’s Day to all of us who have pets and love them. Dogs are especially near and dear to my heart and are the best generators of unconditional love. For a Valentine Day treat, I’ve made some pureed chicken. I use pureed chicken and other meats to bake my training food, which dogs and puppies love and work for during their board-and-train with me. Little Neto is a 4-month-old yellow Labrador, and he enjoys his puppy training lessons with {Read More}