Posts belonging to Category Training


September 10, 2010 Posted by: Jon Fraser

The trick to training your dog is…repetition, repetition, repetition.

A session or two every day for a couple weeks should provide enough training time for your dog to get the hang of it.

Keep your individual sessions short. Five to…



September 7, 2010 Posted by: Jon Fraser

This will be perhaps the most important post on dog training ever: how to become a pack leader (or alpha dog).

Dogs have wolves as ancestors. To make living in the wild bearable and safe for everyone, wild dogs followed…



August 12, 2010 Posted by: Jon Fraser

First and foremost, as with introducing the newcomer to the resident animals, first meetings (and many thereafter) between children and a new puppy will need to be under careful supervision.

Before bringing the new puppy home, be sure to talk…



August 12, 2010 Posted by: Jon Fraser

When your puppy enters a home that already has an established cat, first meetings can be crucial. Again, these meetings should be supervised.

When introducing puppies to cats, it is best to have the puppy inside a crate so the…