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A collection of articles written by Linda Kaim on the State of Dog.
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How to Stop Puppy Biting
Congrats! You have a new puppy who is absolutely adorable and completely feral about your hands and ankles and you have been searching the internet for how to stop puppy biting ever since. You have read all the articles. You have yelped like a wounded animal. You have...
How to Stop Puppy Barking — What Actually Works (and What Makes It Worse)
How to stop puppy barking is probably one of the top 25 search terms for frustrated owners on their first night after bringing their new puppy home.
Dog Training Collars: What They Are, How They Work, and Why the Debate Misses the Point
There isn’t a day that goes by where someone isn’t making a comment somewhere on the internet about dog collars. What should be used, what shouldn’t be used, why one is better than the other, etcetera.
Choosing a Dog Trainer
Between the trainer wars, the online influencer culture, and new legislation further restricting access for dogs in public spaces, dog trainers find themselves under extraordinary scrutiny these days. I have to say, I am almost embarrassed to admit I train dogs. What...
Multiple Dog Households: Management, Conflict and Training | Lionheart K9
Do you have multiple dogs? Remember the Lays Potato Chip commercial? The tagline was "nobody can eat just one!" I know the ad dates me, but that should be a comfort and not a surprise for you youngsters who didn't have the luxury of growing up in the saturated fat...
Why Your Dog Forgot Everything You Taught Him (It’s Not What You Think)
You thought that you had put in the work. You went to puppy classes, you practiced consistently, you maintained the training. Your dog was sitting on cue, walking reasonably well, coming when called. Then somewhere around six months, or eight, or ten, something...
Why Won’t My Dog Listen? The Real Reason Has Nothing to Do With Stubbornness
You call your dog. Your dog hears you. You know it heard you because one ear twitched in your direction before he went right back to investigating whatever is infinitely more interesting than you are. You call again. Nothing. You walk over, try to snap on the leash,...
Choosing the Right Dog Trainer
Years ago there were fewer people calling themselves dog trainers, today everyone is an “expert” who works with aggression, or ‘reactivity’.
Show Dog Obedience
The ‘show dog’ obedience is all about manners, or should be, as it should be with dogs in any discipline. The measure of performance begins and ends in a pass or fail scenario on the field of judgement.
Dog Training Tools
Dog training tools are generally comprised of a leash and collar that we use to communicate with dogs. Whether that collar is a buckle, martingale, chain, prong, or electronic, it is still accompanied by a leash that acts as a conduit for information that flows both...