Counter Surfing and Swiping

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

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}

Semi the Puggle Graduation Video

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}

Dobermann Swayze Loading Up Into My F-150 Truck

I am training a gorgeous and huge rescued and adopted Dobermann, Swayze, for a client. Swayze needs to work in distracting environments, which means I have to get him into my truck for travel. Swayze’s a wonderful passenger. He hangs out in the back seat watching the world go by as I drive us to our destination. The challenge wasn’t the drive over there. The challenge was getting this big boy into my truck before we hit the road. About {Read More}

Mini Aussie’s Board-And-Train Graduation Video

Here is a condensed and musical version of our latest 4-week board-and-train’s graduation video, Mini Aussie, Smokey. She is four months old and a little dynamo! Check out the skateboard technique towards the end. Beautiful! This is our Emilie, all of our board-and-train’s BFF, posing with Li’l Smokey. Find out how much fun it is to train with food and games and our cast of characters. Become a client of Outsmarting Dogs! We never use pain to train. We outsmart {Read More}