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3 Tips for New Dog Owners
So you’ve got a dog – that’s great! But, suddenly, it hits you: you’ve got a lot of responsibility here: not only for your dog, but to yourself. You have to take care of a dog and be consistent in your own habits so that your puppy can be raised in [...]
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How to Let a Dog Knows Its Role in Your Household
A healthy dog is one that knows it’s not in command of your household. And it’s not. After all, you pay the bills, you take care of your dog, and you dish out the rewards – you’re the one in charge. It’s when people give their power away to their dogs that [...]
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Are you a Dog Whisperer?
You’ve probably heard of the phrase “Horse whisperer,” which refers to someone so adept at training horses that they can practically “whisper” to the horses in what seems like their own little languages. Sometimes, this is even taken literally when a trainer uses whispering to comfort a horse! But what does it mean [...]
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How to Establish a Pack Hierarchy With Your Dog
One thing you’ll want to do as an effective trainer of your dog is avoid the temptation to elevate your dog to “friendship” status. Yes, your dog can be a friend, but if you treat them like a fellow human being, a dog’s behavior will be incongruent with the way it should be as [...]
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The Basics of Dog Training
For those of you who are considering getting a dog or who have recently brought a dog into your home, it’s already time to start wondering about dog training. But in order for you to effectively train and raise your dog, you’re going to have to know the fundamentals before you start trying anything [...]
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Should You Really Be the “Leader” For your Dog?
With the success of Cesar Millan’s “The Dog Whisperer” on the National Geographic channel, a lot of people are taking to the idea of becoming the “pack leader,” which is a way of viewing human-dog relationships. From this perspective, your house or family is actually a pack, and you – the owner – are [...]
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Train Yourself, Train Your Dog
For many of you who have tried to train your dog with mixed results, you might be wondering if you have a “faulty dog.” For many people, though there might not be such as thing as a “faulty dog,” they do feel as if somehow their dog is special in some way because the [...]