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By Eric LetendreMay 16, 20071 topic

Help! My Puppy Won’t Stop Biting Me And It’s Starting To Hurt!

Dogs are not born with soft mouths, but they can learn to bite softly if taught properly, which means plenty of information and communication from you and from other dogs. Interacting with other dogs is critical to teaching your puppy bite inhibition. When two dogs play together and one bites too hard, the other one cries and runs away. This behavior helps to teach the biter to play-bite softly. Normal puppies can and should play-bite continually in social interactions, bec

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By Eric LetendreJun 4, 20071 topic

Stop Your Dog From Pulling - Easily Train Your Dog To Walk At Your Side.

Dogs naturally pull on leash for several reasons. First, it works, period! Your dog learns at a very early age that if they hit the end of the leash and start leaning and pulling, they will make forward progress. The dog is trying to close the distance between themselves and whatever they are looking at - and the leash is restricting that. Since most dogs can cover distance a lot quicker than humans can, they will pull to the point of gasping for breath. Second, dogs have wh

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By Eric LetendreJun 15, 20071 topic

Simple Techniques To Teach Your Dog To Walk Politely By Your Side

A lot of people have problems with their dogs pulling on leash. Pulling starts from a very young age. Learning what triggers the pulling and how to change it can make leash walking with your dog more enjoyable and fun. Dogs naturally pull on leash for several reasons. First, it works, period! Your dog learns at a very early age that if they hit the end of the leash and start leaning and pulling, they will make forward progress. The dog is trying to close the distance between

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By Eric LetendreMay 24, 20071 topic

Dog Aggression Training – How To Deal With Your Dog’s Aggressive Behavior

Anytime a dog is acting aggressive; there is a reason for it. Aggression in dogs happens because of genetics, environment and training methods. There is always a trigger for aggressive behavior. One of the first steps a professional dog trainer or behaviorist will do when dealing with an aggressive dog is find out what is triggering the aggression. There can be many reasons for this. Treating aggression consists of four steps. The first step is getting a through vet check. We

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By Eric LetendreMay 31, 20071 topic

Obnoxious Barking Dog Behavior – Part 2 How To Stop Your Dog From Blowing A Gasket Every Time The Door Bell Rings

First, let’s cover what you should not do: Why You Should Not Use Pinch, Choke, or Shock Collars to Control Unruly Behavior When the Doorbell Rings Negative Reinforcement has side effects. Many dog trainers will try to control the behavior by putting a choke, pinch, or shock collar on your dog. The problem with this is that you are not dealing with the underlying problem. The underlying problem is your dog just trying to greet a guest. Imagine getting knocked in the head ev

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By Eric LetendreJun 5, 20071 topic

Teach Your Dog A Rock Solid Stay In 10 Minutes Or Less

Teaching your dog to stay will accomplish two very important goals. • The dog will learn the meaning of a verbal correction. • The dog will learn the meaning of a release word. A verbal correction is a word or sound that will signal to your dog that he has just lost any chance of reward and that the behavior he is displaying is unwanted. It can not only be used to teach the stay command, but it can also be helpful in other dog training exercises such as loose leash walking,

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By Eric LetendreMay 30, 20071 topic

Obnoxious Dog Behavior – Why Your Dog Blows A Gasket Every Time Your Doorbell Rings – Part 1

Part One: Why does your dog go crazy every time the doorbell rings? Important point to remember: Your dog has become classically conditioned! Most of you have probably heard of the Russian psychologist Ivan Pavlov. He’s a pretty interesting guy. He studied .the gastrointestinal track of dogs. In one of his experiments, he would ring a bell and then pour meat powder down a tube into the dog’s mouth. What he discovered was that by ringing the bell and then giving the powder r

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By Eric LetendreMay 18, 20071 topic

7 Tips For New Puppy Owners

There is nothing quite like a new puppy. A few weeks after you bring your puppy home though the kids are not as interested and your puppy becomes very mobile, and if you’re not careful they can become very destructive. That’s why I have put together a list of 7 steps that can greatly help you with your new puppy. 1. Good management skills: Puppies can get into trouble very quickly. A new puppy owner needs watch her puppy all of the time. When you can not keep an eye on your

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By Eric LetendreJun 15, 20071 topic

Here’s A Quick Way To Solve Any Dog Behavior Problem

Relationship experts state that you can improve any relationship that you have (personal, business, etc.) by learning to look at things from the other person’s point of view. I want to take it a step further and advise you to look at things from your dog’s point of view. Now, before you think I’m crazy, I want to explain what I mean and why I think it is so important. When I first started training dogs, I thought that training was simply a “means to an end.” I wanted the d

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By Eric LetendreMay 24, 20071 topic

Who Else Wants A Well Trained And Obedient Dog?

A point that I always stress when I am teaching someone how to train his or her dog is this: Training does not happen without motivation. You need to motivate your dog if you want him to perform. I also stress the fact that there are two forms of motivation: Positive and Negative. Both forms of motivation can produce results. For a long time dog trainers would not use food or other forms of positive motivation because they had the silly notion that a dog is supposed to work

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By Eric LetendreMay 11, 20071 topic

Your Seven Step, Ten Day Housetraining Plan

Seems like I spent most of the week helping new puppy owners housetrain their pups. Housetraining can be accomplished in as little as ten days if you follow a plan, a plan that has worked for many dog owners. The closer you follow the plan, the better the results. Step 1: Understand dog behavior – dogs do not know right from wrong. What they understand is safe and dangerous. When your puppy comes into your house he doesn’t understand that it is “bad” behavior to urinate on y

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By Eric LetendreMay 17, 20071 topic

Why Your Dog Pulls - And How To Get Him To Stop!

Behind every dog that pulls on the leash is an owner that allows him or herself to be pulled. If you own a dog that pulls, think how often you have allowed him to lean on the leash and drag you in one direction or another while you pull back just as hard or hold on with a death grip. Dogs and owners both need to learn that the leash is ALWAYS loose. The leash is your connection to one another and allows you to go out in public together. Whether you are out for a walk or jus

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By Eric LetendreMar 22, 20081 topic

Who Else Wants To Learn A Little Known Dog Training Secret Inspired By A Former Russian Special Forces Instructor?

On a beautiful spring morning a few years back I found myself sitting in a small classroom listening to “The Evil Russian,” Pavel Tsatsouline discuss flexibility training. There were about 25 people in the room and they were all there to learn techniques that Pavel used to train the elite Russian Special Forces Unit, Spetznaz. Everyone listened intently as Pavel shared his secrets with us, but one person, me, was really amazed at how some of what he said applied to dog train

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