Does your dog bark when she hears the doorbell ring? Is it driving you nuts? You're not the only dog owner to experience this. Let's face it, it's a natural reaction for your dog to bark at the doorbell -- because she's learned over time that the doorbell ringing means someone is at the door. And, most likely, someone at the door mean she gets to interact with someone new. Here's how you can train your dog to stop barking every time the doorbell rings... … [Read more...]
Have you been dealing with some bad dog behavior lately? Is your dog causing you a lot of frustration and heartache? Trust me, we've all been through it. However, it's important to realize that dogs (just like babies) are not born bad. Dogs (and humans) are influenced by their surroundings as well as their interactions with others. And the fact is... bad dog behaviors are almost always the result of the dog's upbringing. Thus, your dog's bad behavior could be due to inconsistent or … [Read more...]
Certain dog breeds tend to bark a lot -- usually with good reason though. Other breeds of dogs have a reputation of barking less. In some circumstances (such as living in a small apartment or condo where the walls are thin and neighbors surround you on all sides), it may be beneficial to seek out a dog that might be likely to bark less. So let's get right to it... … [Read more...]
Does your dog bark every time the doorbell rings? Mine used to. Here's how we trained our dog to stop barking at the doorbell. A dog that barks at the doorbell is especially challenging at Halloween. However, you can look at it as a headache... or as a valuable dog training opportunity! This video shows how to take advantage of the constantly ringing doorbell on Halloween night and use it in your favor to train your dog to stop barking every time the doorbell rings. ...This is … [Read more...]
How often are we unhappy about certain behaviors our dogs have? Like jumping up on strangers when they first meet them, barking all the time, growling at other dogs, the list goes on and on. What do we do in these cases? Most of the time, we will express our frustration in one way or another. "No." or "Don't do that!" is probably the word or expression most often used. Often, we get frustrated (or even angry) if the "No" does not get the desired result. But are … [Read more...]
Are you having some behavioral issues with your dog? You're not alone. Good news: the Dog Whisperer Cesar Millan takes on the most common issues that dog owners experience in his Common Canine Misbehaviors DVD. It's the 5th DVD in the Mastering Leadership complete 5-volume set. According to Cesar, the 5 most common issues owners face with their dogs are: Aggression Toward Other Dogs - Your dog mirrors what you are feeling. Remember to stay calm when your dog behaves … [Read more...]
Earlier, I wrote about my experiences with dog trainer Suzy Godsey, during 4 weeks of over-the-phone dog training. I didn't go into much detail there about how I actually got my dog to stop barking -- with Suzy's help. In that article, I mostly covered why Suzy's dog training methods worked for us. I've saved the step-by-step details of how we did it for this article. About Our Dog's Barking Behavior In our case, any time the doorbell would ring, or someone would knock on the door, or a … [Read more...]
If you're anything like me, you've probably heard a lot about Cesar Millan and his "dog whisperer" ways with dogs, but you've probably never watched any of the Cesar Millan DVDs before. In fact, I've only seen bits & pieces of his television show myself. So when I got the 3-DVD set of Cesar Millan videos called "Mastering Leadership" I was really excited to jump in and see how it is that Cesar Millan works his magic with dogs. I got these DVDs a couple weeks ago and I decided to watch … [Read more...]
Here's how we taught our dog to sing... Like usual, we started with an action or behavior that he already did on his own. We just hadn't put a "command" to it yet. In this case, Tenor would do this cute little "howl" whenever he didn't get his way. (It actually went more like this: "woooo woooooooo wooooooooof".) It really sounded cute, but up to this point, it meant nothing. So we decided to give it a word and now our dog "sings" on command! … [Read more...]
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