Doggy Doorbell Ringing

Dogs figure out how to make things work for them. At Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train boot camp, dogs may learn to ring a doorbell as part of their housetraining or housebreaking protocols and then use that doorbell for more ways than one. Dogs also get very creative when they go home and clients have told me that their dogs also use their doorbells to communicate other messages besides having to go potty. I recently recorded my own dogs outsmarting me with {Read More}

Halloween Dog Tricks

Dressing up and decorating is part of Halloween festivities. So is trick or treat And taking photos and movies. Board-and-train dogs will sometimes revisit me for boarding, updating behaviors, or learning tricks. When owners go on vacation, they send their dogs to me for updating skills or learning new tricks. Two very special pooches visit me often enough and feel like my extended family. Nala is a beautiful German Shorthaired Pointer. She loves to stalk birds and lizards and the {Read More}

Crocs as Shoes and as A Dog Toy

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 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}

Puppy or Dog Boarding Fort Myers Florida 33966

If you are going out of town and would like to board your dog in a homey environment, call on Outsmarting Dogs. We do board and board-and-train. So either way, we can offer you options for your dog to have a getaway while you have your own. Dogs live with the dog trainer and get daily exercise with plenty of socializing with other dogs, if they are dog friendly. If not, they get one-on-one outside time with the dog trainer {Read More}