Training an older dog or a larger dog as an adult is doable. When you have a larger breed dog, though, training certain behaviors is easier done when that large hulk is a smaller sized dumpling. Take the trick behavior many people like to train their dogs, roll over. It’s not an easy trick for many people to train, depending on their dogs. Larger dogs need lots of space and a limber trainer. Even small, stiff dogs, who are uncomfortable {Read More}
Should You Feed Your Dog On A Daily Schedule?
June 6, 2022 By
Should you feed your dog on a daily schedule? Yes! And here are a half-dozen reasons why. 1. Who wants to eat stale food? No one. But leaving food out in a bowl makes food stale. Keeping food in a sealed container or bag before it’s time to serve a meal, keeps food fresh and tasty. 2. Food left out attracts flies, ants, and other insects. Flies lay eggs, which turn into larvae. Feeding your dog on a routine schedule {Read More}
Dogs and Pups Expressing Their Talents and Playing
May 19, 2021 By
Dogs deserve to play. Each dog or puppy I board and train has a different interest. Pups and dogs like to fetch, dig, chase, be chased, hunt, bury, tug, hoard, chew, bark, find, shred, and combinations of all of these and more. One of my dogs likes to squeak toys. The squeaking sound emulates the sound of prey when it’s been caught. I don’t know if that’s what’s turning him on because he oftentimes watches the rabbits dart through our {Read More}
Board-and-Train Dog and Puppy Training Food – Tripe
March 13, 2021 By
Tripe preparation includes cutting and smelling a very distinctive scented food. I show you how to do that in this video. I trim lamb tripe sticks into smaller pieces, which I use to train dogs and puppies at Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train. Follow the instructions in this video and you can have an enticing training food for your own dog or puppy. These are the links to the lamb tripe I prepared in the video above. This is the 20 piece {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}
