Home \| Site Map \| \| Develop Your Domain Names
	The Dog Training Network

How To Train An Aggressive Dog
How To Train An Aggressive Dog

Pack of Joy: Adopting a New Dog
Adopting a new dog can create a pack of joy or a pack of disaster. Thinking carefully about adding a new dog and choosing one carefully can help you avoid potential problems down the road. Whether you want a purebred or a mix, shelters are full of dogs and other animals that need good homes.

If You Want a Friend, Get a Dog!
Carl Icahn, the hostile takeover master who was THE original corporate raider, is often quoted as saying, "In this business, if you want a friend, get a dog!" The rest of us already knew that dog was man's best friend, and with good reason. Dogs as pets date back at least as far as the days of Pompeii, where the remains of a dog stretched out next to a little boy were recovered from the rubble at Pompeii.

Dog Art Carvings
Do you love your dog as much as I love mine?

Dog Treats: Your Dog Will Love Them
It is important to feed your dog foods, which have the correct nutrition value, for its growth. Generally, all animals require healthy food for their all-round growth, and this is particularly so, in the case of dogs. It is an exciting prospect to have a dog as a pet. However, when you have a dog as a pet, it is important to take care of its dietary needs

Choosing A Veterinarian For Your New Puppy
Depending on their age when you first bring them home, one of the first missions you should be on is that of choosing a veterinarian for your new puppy You want to be as tedious about this as you would if you were deciding on what family doctor to go with

Taking Care of Your Sick Dog
Just like humans, dogs are subject to diseases and illnesses. If your dog gets sick, you may have to take him to the vet for treatment or even surgery.

New Homemade Dog Food And Cat Food Cookbook Combination Released
Families with both dogs and cats can now purchase a two digital cookbook combination with both meals and treats created by a concerned pet owner in response to the devastating pet deaths caused by pet food poisoning last year.

Westie Merchandise that Benefits your Dog
There are many places to find Westie merchandise, but before you make a purchase for yourself or your Westie, consider first a retailer or non-profit organization that uses sales of Westie merchandise to benefit the breed.WestieMed, Inc.

Should You Buy Dog Health Insurance?
Should you seriously consider buying a dog health insurance policy? Yes, you should. Here's why health insurance for dogs is a good idea:Dog health insurance saves you money.

Dog Shock Collars: Teaching Your Dog Basic Obedience and Breaking Bad Habits
Dog Shock CollarsDog shock collars are a touchy subject among animal owners. While their goal is to train a dog to follow a set of rules, many people feel they can be cruel to animals.

4 Things Frustrated Dog Owners Should Know
You've probably had a day or two when you felt like your dog just wasn't paying any attention to you at all, right? You talked, you yelled, you shouted, maybe you jumped up and down and waved your arms, but she just wasn't interested in anything you had to say to her in any tone of voice. You're not alone.

Be Careful When Choosing Heated Dog Bed
There are pet owners who prefer to have their pets inside at all times, and there are pet owners who simply prefer to keep their beloved dog or cat outside of the house, even when it is cold at night Keeping your dog outdoors does not necessarily have to mean that they are left out to freeze in the cold, because heated dog beds are available for all occasions, including for a kennel, garage or outside dog house, or even for when your dog is sleeping inside if the weather is cool

Personalized Custom Dog Tags ??? Not Just For Soldiers Anymore
In today???s modern world there???s hardly anyone who is not familiar with the pair of silver, oval metal tags worn by soldiers and servicemen both now and in eras past. The common, familiar name for theses identification tags is ???dog tag??? because of their resemblance to the actual licensing disks worn by dogs (Recently, the army stopped calling the tags "Dog tags" and adopted the more civilized moniker "I.D tags". It has been suggested that some enlisted trainees in the 1990s complained that the term "dog tag" was offensive, but this reasoning has never been confirmed.).

BLUEBLOOD Luxury Goods For Dogs Launches Chic Line For Four-Legged Style Mavens; Finally, Animal Looks Designed for Stylish Dog Lovers
Established in 2007, BLUEBLOOD Luxury Good for Dogs creates collars, leads and dog beds designed to appeal to sophisticated tastes. The name BLUEBLOOD, meaning noble or aristocratic decent, not only describes the luxurious look and feel of the products, but asserts the idea that all dogs are aristocrats. The complete line and product information are available at http://www.bluebloodpups.com

Puppy Training that is Safe for Your Puppy

Puppy training can and should begin the day you bring your puppy home, but only if it's approached in a safe manner for your puppy and his sensitivities. Housetraining your puppy can be a rewarding and non-stressful experience when you shape behavior from a series of positive experiences, instead of attempting to correct unwanted behaviors before your puppy has a chance to learn what you DO want.

Trying to teach your dog what NOT to do is not conducive to healthy, reliable learning. Your puppy must have the opportunity to learn the behaviors that you DO want which will be incompatible with behaviors that you don't want.

Never say, "No" or yell the word "Nooo!" if your dog doesn't understand something while training, and/or fails to perform on cue. Simply try the exercise again and if that doesn't work, go back to a previous step. Many times you will need to settle for rewarding just a partial behavior and work up in steps from there until the whole behavior is performed.

Here's an example. You catch your dog chewing your $90 shoes. By running over and screaming, "No!" you've done one of two things:

1. You've either rewarded him for chewing by giving him attention; this is especially true if you give chase while he's running with your shoes; or

2. You've scared the bejeebers out of him and he learns that it's not safe to relieve stress and/or sore teeth and gums when you are present. Therefore he must do it when you're gone in order to keep himself safe and not upset you. The dog has no malice in these actions, he's just following instinct.

This applies to crate training as well, (if the crate is introduced and used appropriately), in that it can prevent accidents from happening during the housetraining process while repeatedly giving your puppy the opportunity to be successful at eliminating outdoors. His repeated success builds his confidence and instills in his mind that the outdoors is the only place to even consider eliminating.

This kind of housetraining is not based on fear, which inhibits the learning proccess but on repeated successes. This makes the desired behavior more reliable and the puppy more confident and able to learn.

Training your puppy using positive reinforcement and other healthy behavior shaping techniques insures that his puppy training will not negatively affect his personality. This type of healthy interaction with your puppy during his first year will enable you to build a cooperative bond and to have a well mannered but confident companion by the time he reaches maturity.

Kathleen Amaro is the owner of http://www.puppy-potty-training.com.

Her instantly downloadable ebook 25 Secrets to Raising the Perfect Puppy, not only tells you how to raise the perfect puppy, but how to get him perfectly potty trained using only positive and healthy puppy training techniques.