We’re having a treat party with animal crackers and dog food toys at Outsmarting Dogs board-and-train dog training over Halloween. But someone crosses the line, and ruh roh! They have to go into timeout. Who is it? A Doberman or the Coton de Tulear? Watch the video and find out. If you want to enroll your puppy or dog in my humane board-and-train program, contact me. Always positive training for positive results! ———- Helen Verte Schwarzmann outsmartingdogs@gmail.com 239-368-3682 Contact me {Read More}

One of my board-and-trains who returns occasionally for boarding is Auggie. This fur kid is an energetic Schnauzer. He needs plenty of exercise, and lots of reminders of the rules from training. I train dogs to learn the rules, then I reinforce them for maintenance. I do this no matter if it’s their first time here or the fifth. Auggie was super excited, and when we started to play, he swiped my arm hard unexpectedly. That stung! After that, our {Read More}

Sammie’s an energetic, 10-year-old dynamo. He has a big prey drive, so can’t be placed in a home with other pets besides a friendly smaller dog his size. Sammie hunts cats, lizards, birds, snakes, squirrels, hamsters, any varmint that moves and chases bikes, cars, skateboarders that go by the front fence. He will even chase and bark at a low flying plane. He’s had a lot of training. His graduation video from the summer of 2016. His owner was no {Read More}