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}
Board-and-Train Dog From Weston Florida
December 30, 2018 By
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}
