Dog Training Basics

STEP ONE:  ESTABLISH COMMUNICATION
Talk to your dog. Do you know how much he/she understands? When your dog first comes home with you it is as if he/she has been sent to a foreign country. Dogs know no English, French, Spanish, etc. They must be shown what each word/phrase means – EVEN THEIR OWN NAME! Dogs [...]

Does your dog get on the furniture and refuse to get off? Nudge your hand and insist on being petted or played with? Refuse to come when called? Defend his food bowl or toys from you?
If so, a training technique called “Nothing In Life Is Free” may be just the solution you’re looking for. “Nothing [...]