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Introducing A New Dog To Your Pack!

Introducing A New Dog To Your Pack!

Let’s say you’ve had just the one dog for a couple of years and the time has come, you feel, to add a second pooch to your home. Have you asked your current dog about this?

Of course you haven’t so make sure you that the first meeting between the established dog and the newcomer is optimized for maximum friendliness and away from ‘territory’…

Dog Training, The Basics

Dog Training, The Basics

No matter how smart ( or dumb!) your dog is every dog can learn to follow basic commands and even do a few tricks too. The secret is ‘reward’ training at first followed by praise. When the dog stops having fun then stop the training for the day.

Another thing I’ve learned is to make them ‘earn’ those treats! Why not secretly teach a new trick as a ‘surprise’ birthday or Christmas gift from the dog?