by Niki Tudge | Apr 23, 2020 | Blogs To Help You Train Your Dog
Depending on your dog, your family and your lifestyle, house-training a dog can be anywhere from easy, to almost impossible. Many dog owners get lucky and, in spite of the mistakes they unknowingly make, they find themselves with a house-trained dog. On the other...
by Louise Stapleton-Frappell | Aug 9, 2019 | Blogs To Help You Train Your Dog
Do you have a dog that pulls you along like a steam train pulling freight? If so, walks are probably pretty miserable for both of you. Walking nicely is a life skill that when missing can significantly and negatively impact the relationship you share with...
by Niki Tudge | May 26, 2018 | Blogs To Help You Train Your Dog, Uncategorized
By Niki Tudge An excerpt taken Chapter One of A Kids Comprehensive Guide to Speaking Dog . This chapter provides background for the parents. The remainder of the book is easy to read case studies supported by fabulous graphics. All behaviors that dogs...
by Niki Tudge | Dec 27, 2017 | Blogs To Help You Train Your Dog
As a dog training professional many of your clients will present behavioral or training challenges that are a result of an emotional response, a problematic emotional response. The observable behavior you see, the operant behavior is elicited because the dog is...
by Niki Tudge | Oct 14, 2017 | Blogs To Help You Train Your Dog
Listen to a five minute podcast about the DogSmith and our training and behavior services. There is a difference between the two. Alternatively you can contact your DogSmith who will help guide you in your choice of services. So What Is The Difference? Dog...
by Niki Tudge | Oct 8, 2017 | Blogs To Help You Train Your Dog
Introduction Here at the DogSmith, professional members of the Pet Professional Guild (PPG), we like to focus on building relationships with our pets by using positive reinforcement to train new skills, and to build new behaviors as replacements for problematic ones....
