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3 Dog Gone Easy New Years Resolutions – Miami Dog and Puppy Training
Walk your dog more! If you currently object to walking your dog because he pulls like an ox, be sure to check out a head collar or a front clip no-pull harness. Both management tools give immediate results, creating a more enjoyable walk for you and your canine...
Setting Up Your Rescue Dog For Success – Miami Dog and Puppy Training
The best way to prevent behavior problems is to prevent them. The easiest way to enforce house rules for a new dog is to use a leash indoors for the first week your dog comes home. Your dog should always be supervised while on leash, or should be secure in a crate at...
Finding Your Dog a New Home: Right, Wrong?! Taboo?
“Honestly she should just re-home the dog. In different hands, he would totally succeed, but I really don’t see this family being able to turn it around for this dog.” “Yeah, sometimes people can’t accept that they don’t have what a dog requires.” That is a...
Confessions of a Dog Trainer: What Part of Consistent Didn’t You Understand?
Sometimes the most frustrating and difficult behavior problems get solved with the most simplistic training methods. Methods which, I charge over $100 an hour to teach! No matter how long I train dogs and their people there are still so many human students who fail in...
October is National Service Dog Month!
To celebrate, we want to bring recognition to what these dogs do for their handlers on a daily basis and what we as dog owners/lovers should do when we come across one! What is a Service Dog? A service dog is a dog that has been specifically trained to perform a task...
Is Your Dog a Good Citizen?
It’s Saturday afternoon and you’re at a crowded farmer’s market. There are people moving, shopping, laughing, children running or playing, you stop to look at a booth and as you do, you take a step and feel your leg touch something. You turn to say sorry but it turns...
Confessions of a Dog Trainer: Love takes Time — Dog Trainers in Miami
Several years ago I blogged about how to introduce dogs the right way -- slow and steady. Why is it that we humans don't apply the same relationship principles to our dogs as we would to meeting a new person? Just because two dogs are social dogs doesn't mean they're...
It’s International Assistance Dog Week! Aug 7-13
For International Assistance Dog Week it is important that we highlight the value these dogs provide at the times we need them most. While all assistance dogs provide their own unique service to their owners, therapy dog teams volunteer their time to help others who...
Confessions of a Dog Trainer: Your Dog is Not a Mind Reader – Dog Trainers in Florida
He knocked your down? He saw what? You broke your wrist!? What were you doing? So he broke his stay command and just took off after that other dog? Oh, I see... I can't tell you how many times in my career I've heard the famous last words "my dog knows better." Is it...
Confessions of a Dog Trainer: Why My Dog is Perfect – Dog Trainers in Miami
Tonight while teaching an outdoor group class I noticed a dog who was constantly with his head down trying to sniff the ground. His owner continued to pull his head up, but over and over again the dog forced his weight against the collar to get his muzzle back to the...
Lost Pet Prevention Tips
Losing your dog is one of the most nerve-wracking events for any dog owner and, unfortunately, missing dogs are an all too common occurrence. It only takes a moment of inattention, an improperly latched door, or the smallest hole in a fence for even the most...
Now Hiring – Dog Trainer Jobs – Miami Dog Training
Seeking Private In-Home Instructor + Boarding and Training (IKT) Trainer Applause Your Paws, Inc. (AYP) is Miami's largest reward-based dog training company. We've got a great thing going, and are motivated to find the next awesome member of our dog training family....
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