Bailey is a pint-sized pooch I board-and-trained who was from Weston, Florida. As a Yorkie, she was already a small dog, but as a terrier, she was rambunctious and bossy. She was about to get a roommate dog and needed to cope with other dogs. This small dog spent several weeks at Love Wags A Tail board-and-train dog training outside of Weston to learn other household dogs are safe and that her behavior was unacceptable. Here’s a snippet of Bailey’s {Read More}
How To Protect Your Holiday Plants From Your Pet Dog
December 23, 2018 By
Instead of getting a pointsettia for the holidays, a red hibiscus bush is a great substitute. Unlike pointsettias, which are poisonous to dogs, hibiscus flowers are edible. Both humans and dogs eat hibiscus flowers. My dogs pull hibiscus flowers off my trees and bushes even before the day is done, so I’m lucky if I get to see the flower for much of the day. So when I purchased this year’s holiday hibiscus plant, I managed my dogs behavior, with {Read More}
Naples Board-and-Train Dog Training
December 8, 2017 By
Do you have a Naples Florida dog or puppy who needs training? Housetraining, sometimes called housebreaking or potty training for dogs and puppies, is one of our specialties through board-and-train dog training. We have housetrained puppies, adult dogs, and even senior citizen dogs that were healthy 10-year-olds. While here, these pooches are part of the Outsmarting Dogs® family and get daily exercise running in our fenced-in, half-acre, and playtime with our resident dogs After the Housetraining package is complete, we {Read More}
Dogs and Ball Machines
November 22, 2017 By
If you have a dog who is fanatic about retrieving, he may like to learn to use a ball machine. No matter if a dog would like to use a ball machine to keep a fetch game going after his owner wears out, or if the dog only learns to use a ball machine as a trick, with most dogs, it takes extensive training. 1. The dog must get used to the noise the machine makes. Otherwise, fear will creep {Read More}
Semi the Puggle Graduation Video
November 21, 2017 By
Semi the Puggle graduated over Thanksgiving in 2017. He was a super duper smart kid, and we had a lot of fun. He learned a lot and played hard with the resident kids. Congratulations Semi! Board-and-Train is a great way to get your dog to learn new behaviors more efficiently. Join us! Find out how much fun it is to train with food, games, and our cast of characters. Become a client of Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train dog training Fort Myers! {Read More}
Autumn Board-and-Train
October 31, 2017 By
Happy Autumn from Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train dog training. We have our hay bales stacked and are finding a good use for them. Dudley, one of the resident dogs, is waiting for the mailman and our next board-and-train student. If you’d like your dog or pup to join us, send us an email. Find out how much fun it is to train with food, games, and our cast of characters. Become a client of Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train dog training Fort Myers! {Read More}
Bouncy Dog Play
September 4, 2017 By
When two or more dogs play together, it’s important to watch the dogs in case playing turns into serious behavior. These two dogs in the video below are playing well together under the watchful eye of their owner and Lee county dog trainer, Helen Verte Schwarzmann, CTC. One of the important qualities in good play in dogs and puppies is how they move when running. In this video, for the most part, Emilie the Dobiermann is running around the Everglades {Read More}
Training Dogs With R.E.S.P.E.C.T.
August 26, 2017 By
What does an alligator training video, a video of polite poochies, and Fort Myers Board-and-Train Dog Training have in common? One video demonstrates how well alligators can be trained via humane-based training. Yes, alligators. Positive reinforcement training is used to train alligators, from handling to eliciting sperm from the primitive beasts. And might you notice two things in particular. One happens towards the end of the video at 5-1/2 minutes. The alligators are lined up, the selected one has moved {Read More}
Behavior Management
August 19, 2017 By
While you’re training good behavior, or when you are not able to control your dog’s behavior, then you’ll need to manage it. If your dog surfs the counters and grabs what he can, for example, manage this situation by keeping the counters free of enticement. When your dog does get something from the counter, it’s a reward to him for his efforts as a counter surfer. When you come home to a clean counter and nothing chewed up, it’s a {Read More}
An Easy On-and-Off Clip for Dog Tags
August 13, 2017 By
I change tags on my dogs’ collars a lot. Every time I change their collars, I change the tag. I also put a tag on every board-and-train that comes into my dog training program. The thing about changing tags is the split rings that come with them are very hard to put on and take off collars, and to swap out tags! So I took some time to find an alternative. Here’s a short video on my journey and the {Read More}
