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Dog Tricks To Try

Have you ever wanted your dog to be more human? Try teaching him this trick. Also another cool trick to teach your dog.

Dogs communicate with people in their very own way. Learning what your dog is trying to say is not a science. You simply have to pay attention to your dog's very subtle signs and cues. Here are a few dog signs to watch for if you want to learn to speak dog.

There are lots of reasons that two dogs make sense, but there are also some pitfalls.One of those is dog training! Here are some helpful tips when training two dogs in one household.

We actually call it 'being shy' but you would probably impress your friends better if you called it playing 'peek-a-boo' or something cute. This dog trick simply involves rewarding your dog for putting his paw on his nose. Here's how we taught our dog to play peek-a-boo on command.

If you've always thought that your dog would make a good therapy dog, here are some things to think about -- plus a listing of the requirements for dogs and owners to become volunteers and therapy dogs.

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The way to teach your dog some fun new tricks is to simply think about some things your dog does naturally without being asked. Then, give a specific 'command' to that behavior. From this point forward, whenever your dog does that behavior... call out that command. That's how you associate the behavior with the command. So, in the future, your dog will do this particular behavior on command.

If you have a new puppy and won't be able to take him out to pee and poop often enough, consider a dog litter box to help make housetraining easier. Our 2 Beagle pups love the doggie litter box. It definitely made housebreaking a smoother process in our home!

My husband and I have resorted to SPELLING various words around our dog in order to talk about certain things in his presence, without him knowing it. The idea: If we spell it, he won't hear that magic word that gets him all riled up in anticipation of whatever it is. Wrong!...

Want a singing dog? See how we taught our dog to sing on cue.