Dogs and Dog Training

It is a rewarding, necessary task but it is also guaranteed heartbreak. The task is giving Leader Dogs a good start, so that the possible service dogs can be trained, in the future, for vision and hearing impaired individuals:
“…The main goals of a puppy raiser are to teach the dogs socialization skills and make [...]

In my opinion, the one of worse names for a dog is “Noelle”. It is a wonderful name but it causes so much confusion for the dog. Most people go through a period of puppy training when the word “no” is used frequently. The dog learns that “no” means that you are [...]

There are numerous ways that dog owners work against themselves. Usually, when the dog will not listen and obey, it is the result of some error on the owner’s part. The dog watches the owner’s behaviour carefully and uses those observations to its best advantage.
The dog will take advantage of the [...]

The dog called 911 when there was an emergency:
“Clark said police are dispatched whenever 911 is called, but that Stalnaker’s address was flagged in Scottsdale’s system with a notification that a trained assistance dog could call 911 when the owner was incapacitated.
Clark said Stalnaker adopted Buddy at the age of 8 weeks from Michigan-based Paws [...]

To be part of a Canine Search Team, the dog and handler have to pass a certification test. In the United States, this test is administered by the Department of Homeland Security or FEMA. In some states, there is a state agency that administers the test and regulates the qualifications.
These dogs are bold. [...]

Oscar is a very lucky Labrador Retriever. He flirted with disaster thirteen times (and perhaps more often than that) and just made international headlines:
“A dog had to have 13 golf balls removed from his stomach after eating them on walks near a golf course.
Oscar, a five-year-old black Labrador, was taken to the vet after [...]

The first and very best teacher for your puppy is the mother of the litter. That dog has enormous innate wisdom. The survival of her ancestors depended upon it. For the safety of the her litter and herself, the pups had to learn some basic rules and learn them quickly. For [...]

There are three basic commands that the dog should have before being off-leash, in a non-enclosed space. Those three commands are:

come - the dog can be recalled to you, no matter what the distraction.
down - the dog will drop to the ground immediately when the verbal command is heard. That means [...]

Consider it dog politics. From the very first day that you bring pup home to the last day that your senior citizen canine spends with you, there is an ongoing leadership issue. Pup will want to know three things:

what am I allowed to do
what can I have you do for me
who sets the [...]

Let me preface these comments by first saying that it is a terrible idea to bring a puppy into the household at Christmas time. It is not fair to the pup and it is not fair to you. There is simply too much happening to introduce a puppy properly into the household.
That being [...]