THE DOGKIND BLOG
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Do you have a fearful dog who you can't touch? Or maybe you can touch your pup, but they hate having their paws handled? In this week's video, I describe some ways of keeping dogs' nails from getting out of control, even if you...
Does your dog (and therefore you) struggle to sleep through the night? Do they wake you up with barking or other night-time activities? In this week's video, I break down how to address your pup's sleep problems.
Is Sleep Disturbance a...
Does your dog lunge and bark on walks? Do they pull you toward every interesting smell? In this week's video, I discuss some pre-walk activities that might reduce your dog's problem behaviors on the walk.
What...
Does your dog struggle with riding in the car? In Part 3 of our 3-part series on car training, I discuss how to train your dog so you both have more pleasant car rides. The video features more of our dog Pancake's journey , so...
Does your dog hate to get in the car? In Part 2 of our 3-part series on car training, I talk about training a dog to get into the car, by breaking the behavior down into small steps. The video features our dog Pancake's training, so you...
Does your dog absolutely HATE the car? In this week's video, I talk about measures dog parents can take BEFORE a car ride that might make the ride more pleasant for their dog. Our dog Pancake stars in the video again this week- check out what...
In this week's video, I show you how to teach your dog to stay on their mat around distractions. This is the follow up to last week's Beginning Mat Training video. Be sure to complete last week's training before...
This week's post is the third installment of our "Building Confidence" series. Members of our free Facebook support group provided a list of behaviors they felt indicated their dog was feeling confident, and one of them was "lying...
I asked members of our free Facebook support group, “What does your dog look like when they’re confident?” One answer they came up with was, “When my dog plays.” So this week, I talked about how to...
If you have a fearful dog, you’ve probably googled “How to build your dog’s confidence,” a time or two. And you probably found all kinds of advice. Some of it was probably good, some useless but harmless, and...
Does your dog panic when you try to carry them in a crate or carrier? Many dogs will have to experience being transported in a carrier at some point. Last week we covered the first steps in carrier training: how to teach your...
Is your dog afraid to go for a walk? Maybe your pup refuses to go out the front door, or freezes up and tries to run back once you’re away from home.
In this week’s video I covered early “going for a...
