Here are some dog training tips for a calm walk with your dog! Dogs know when it’s time for a walk. You grab your keys, the leash, and Fido gets super excited because he knows it’s walk time. We want our dogs to be happy when it’s time for that walk – but being overly…
Here are a few training tips for a new dog. Bringing a new dog into your home can be an amazing time, where you and this furry friend get to know each other, walk together, play, and bond. Many times, it’s an easy process with no problems. But sometimes it can get really difficult really…
Resource guarding dogs are tough to deal with. Dogs can resource guard many things – food, high value treats, toys, people, furniture, and even space. I had a client who was sitting on the couch with her dog, and when her husband approached, the dog growled at him. In this case (and typical for this…
What are Structured Dog Games? What is Structured Playtime? Basically, it is when you do some fun activity with your dog like tug, fetch, etc., but you have your dog stop the play every so often and be calm or practice an obedience skill before resuming. Structured Dog Games Can Be Tug, Fetch, Or Similar…
Your dog won’t listen to you. It’s so frustrating! Even more frustrating, sometimes a dog will listen to one person, but not their spouse/partner/significant other. Why is this? Your Dog Won’t Listen If He Doesn’t Have To Dogs are masters at observation. If the rules and structure shared by one person aren’t maintained at…
Training fearful dogs is difficult. A fearful dog is so tough to work with. The dog may be to afraid to eat or respond to commands. The fearful and anxious thoughts spin up in his head, making it really hard for that dog to think about anything other than fleeing from the “threat.” It might…
Meet Raleigh dog trainer Amy, owner and head trainer of TAK9, will be at Unleashed’s Spring Fling on Sunday, April 23 from 11 -3 at the NC State Fairgrounds Heritage Circle to talk to you about your dog and answer any dog training questions you might have. The Spring Fling is an annual fundraiser for…
Stop unwanted behavior before it’s too late! Dogs tend to get into trouble in our homes – going in the trash, chewing furniture, barking out the window, bolting out the open door, chasing the cat, and and even other things like growling when they don’t want to get off the couch. It’s so frustrating when…
Dog training tools like the leash and prong exist for a reason: to help you train your dog. If you have any doubts at all about your dog’s behavior, it’s important to keep that leash and prong on in the home while the dog is being supervised. In order to give any necessary guidance…
Correcting your dog is necessary if we want to stop unwanted and inappropriate behavior. It’s important to do this from an unemotional standpoint, not out of anger or frustration. One of the reasons dogs are so amazing is that they seem to know how we are feeling. They comfort us when we are sad, they…