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Teaching a dog their name is one of the most important cues.

How To Teach A Dog Her Name

Most dogs will figure out their names eventually even without being specifically taught because it is repeated and reinforced so often. Call your dog’s name when it’s time for dinner or a walk and she will quickly learn that her name means it’s time to check in.
Teaching a dog to come reliably is one of the most important skills to teach.

How to Teach a Dog to Come When Called

The goal with a recall is for the dog to respond to the “come” cue automatically, enthusiastically, and without hesitation. This is safety-critical behavior. If your dog is heading toward a busy road coming to you when you call her could save her life.
Dog trainings is surprisingly easy, you just need to start training your dog.

How to Start Training Your Dog

No matter what you want to teach your dog at home, the first thing to figure out is what your dog wants for a reward.

5 Easy Tricks to Teach Your Dog

The list of possible tricks to teach your dog is endless. Here are five simple ones that can help get you started.
Who is the dog trainer training.

Who Is the Dog Trainer Training?

It’s your skill at communicating with your dog will help you live happily with your dog for the rest of the dog’s life, not the trainer's.
Scent work for dogs builds upon the primary sense they use to interact with the world.

Scent Training for Dogs

Scent work for dogs makes use of olfaction (the sense of smell), a dog’s primary sense for interacting with the world. Scent training for dogs is just building on what they already do by instinct from a young age.
A dog training platform is used to train a dog to stay.

What Is a Dog Training Platform?

Many trainers use a platform or a box, also called a “place board,” to help a dog understand the concept of remaining in a designated spot. It is is a low, stable surface that is used to help a dog learn to stay in the same spot while changing positions or to learn a formal “stay.”
A golden retriever runs towards it's female owner during playtime in the park.

How to Get a Dog to Listen When Distracted

Does your dog respond reliably to you at home, but starts ignoring you and focusing on distractions the moment you step out the door? Getting your dog to listen when distracted starts with training in a distraction free environment and slowly adding distractions.
Clickers for dog training make a sharp clicking noise when pressed helping to cue a dog.

How To Use A Clicker In Dog Training

A dog training clicker is a small low-tech device that makes a distinct and consistent clicking noise. If you consistently follow its use with a food treat (or other salient reward), the dog will quickly learn that the noise predicts a treat, and that he can make the noise and treat return by repeating whatever he was doing at the moment he heard the click.
A doberman pinscher relaxing in a retail environment.

Teach Your Dog to Settle and Relax on Cue

If your dog will exhibit calm relaxed behavior when needed, it can help reduce stress and make everyone’s day smoother. When our dogs act calm, they will actually become calmer. Gradually, this state of relaxation will develop to match the outward behavior.
Man's hand giving cute small black and white dog medicine, pills for arthritis. The owner feeds the dog from his hand.

How to Give a Dog a Pill

Many medications can be compounded into flavored chews or liquid suspensions, but others cannot. For these wrapping the pills in a treat or a pet piller that keeps your hands free of your dog's mouth provide an alternative.
12 years old girl in backyard at home teaching her black labrador puppy to sit on command. Stay a home. Weekend activities

Dog Training for Kids and Other Beginners

The level of your children’s participation in your dog’s training program will vary based on the age and abilities of the children.

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Assessing Frailty in Dogs

If we’re lucky, our dogs live a long, healthy life and, when their bodies wear out, they close their eyes and make that journey to the bottom of the Rainbow Bridge. Unfortunately, a simple death like that is rarely the case leaving owners judging quality of life.