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Running With Dogs: How to start trail running with your dog

03•28•19

Running With Dogs: How to start trail running with your dog

Last year I shared Running With a Dog That Pulls and included a ton of other running tips I've picked up along this slowwwww journey of ours.This weekend, I'll run my longest distance yet--a 10k--with sights set toward a half marathon in the fall. That, btw, is my uppermost … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Training Tagged With: cooper, hiking, running

A collar is not a steering wheel

09•04•18

A collar is not a steering wheel

May I please vent for a moment?There are few things that bother me more than when I see someone using their dog's collar to steer, drag, pull, or otherwise force their dog into going or doing something.I'm not talking about an emergency situation where, like, a bicyclist … [Read more...]

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Glacial progress adds up when training reactive dogs: Coop’s big win!

06•05•18

Glacial progress adds up when training reactive dogs_ Coop's big win!

Last week, as we walked laps around our favorite park, one of the social workers from our adoption agency called John. They had a professional photographer lined up for Saturday to snap some photos to decorate their offices. Were we interested... oh, and bring your dog!We … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Training Tagged With: reactive dogs

Is your dog ever “trained”? Are you ever finished training?

03•27•18

Are you ever done training your dog_ Is your dog ever _trained__

Cooper is a good dog.Cooper is a smart dog.He knows all sorts of things, from the basic obedience cues like sit and stay and down to more complex cues like shutting cabinet doors and performing tricks. Based on what he knows at this point, anything else I teach him is … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: OMD!, Training Tagged With: dog training, reactive dogs

Setting Realistic Dog Training Goals: Mat Work

02•08•18

Setting Realistic Dog Training Goals_ Mat Work

Last week we talked about limits: figuring out what our dogs' limits are and how to honor them.The other side to that coin, though, is knowing which limits to push and how. Otherwise, you risk becoming stagnant. Pushing limits, too, helps expand your dog's world bit by tiny, … [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Training Tagged With: cooper

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