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Dog Trainers' Training Tips, Puppy House Training Aids & Information
Pupforum.com's contributing columnists include some of the best and highly sought after dog trainers from all over the world who give you some of the best advice as specialists in a wide variety of methods in dog obedience training. With advice on how to make use of dog training aids to helping you understand the differences between a number of different kinds of dog training collar options are out there, our team of experts can give you the advice you need.
While the information given in these columns is intended to be informative — dog behavior, handlers and situations vary widely; for example, puppy training versus training an older dog use very different tactics, and there is a marked difference in how to go about puppy house training and teaching a puppy not to chew on household items. You should always consult a professional dog trainer to assess your own dog obedience situation. Click here for more information.
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Dawn has a background in competition in breed and the obedience ring, the whelping box, trained her own ‘registered therapy dog’, herding, tracking, lure coursing, water work training, field training, agility, and sailing with her boat trained dog. Dawn was one of the few trainers utilizing ‘positive reinforcement’ based methods before it’s popularity. Dawn has been interviewed by authors for a variety of articles such as Dog Fancy and The Washington Post. The Washingtonian Magazine chose Dawn as one of “Washington’s Best Dog Trainers”. As the owner, and founder of Merit Puppy Training, LLC, she continues to teach group classes and also works as a private consultant.
Off Command
By Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz (9/26/05)
The commands necessary to teach a puppy or older dog NOT to mouth are easy and fun. They will tell the puppy in a language ‘he’ understands. Remember, we are trying to view life through his eyes, and look at what he already started to learn when he was with his littermates.
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Leash Agressive Dobe
By Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz (8/29/05)
I have a 1.5 yr old rescued female Doberman. She is a sweet dog, but gets a little aggressive when on a leash and we meet up with another dog. She lunges and barks wildly. I have her in a basic obedience class right now, but would like some advise on what to do to control her behavior when walking past yards that have dogs in them.
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Doggy Park Etiquette
By Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz (8/15/05)
Dog Parks are becoming popular as more space is designated for dogs, now we need protocol to ensure safety and health for all those that attend the off leash parks, and those that live around them. The frequency of dog bites, dogfights, and the smell of feces clinging to our shoes will continue ultimately giving Dog Parks a bad rap. Good manners, common sense = Dog Park
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Five Month Old Puppy Doesn't Want To Listen
By Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz (7/27/05)
She is a mixed breed - English Fox Hound/Pointer mix-we adopted her at three months and she is now five months. The housebreaking was very easy and she responds very well to commands in the house and when on park and neighborhood walks. However, when she is out in front of the house she just won't listen.
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Paper's Here!
By Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz (7/13/05)
I have a two year old Australian Shepherd rescue dog. He brings in the paper in the morning, but for the last couple of weeks he will go to the end of the driveway and stare at a neighbor's tree.
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Breaking Out of the Crate
By Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz (6/27/05)
We have a crate for him and we've been trying to crate train him but we're having problems getting him to like it.
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Canine Water Safety
By Dawn Sylvia-Stasiewicz (6/14/05)
Dogs ‘noted’ in breed descriptions as “good swimmers” create a misconception that any canine will naturally take to water. Many breeds are physically built to swim more efficiently than others but that doesn’t mean every dog CAN swim.
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