Elsa went back and forth from Hurricane to Tropical Storm status, but whatever she was during her journey through us, she was a wet weather phenomenon. Even so, I still had a client’s pup, a beautiful super Pug puppy named Luna, who was here for housetraining, and we had to get the morning housetraining job done. This is the 11-month-old puppy’s first morning walk with me during the rain storm named Elsa, and we had to dodge a few peltings {Read More}
Puppy Swoons While Board and Training
May 29, 2021 By
When we do lessons during board and train, puppies concentrate so hard that sometimes they swoon. This Golden Retriever puppy has a great time learning how to sit and enjoys the food rewards so much, he falls off his paws. ———- To send your dog to the Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train camp for motivational learning or for a board-only stay, contact us with your dog training, behavior modification wish list or board-only timeframe with dates to get started. ———- Helen Verte {Read More}
Crocs as Shoes and as A Dog Toy
April 21, 2021 By
This Mini Doxie puppy dog named Bean, graduated the Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train camp with honors. He taught us, too, that the favored shoe of the trainer, Crocs, can be the spitting image of a dog toy!
April Fools’ Joke From My Dog
April 1, 2021 By
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
March 28, 2021 By
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}
