by BARKS from the Guild | Oct 12, 2020 | Pet Guardians, PPG Summit, Training
By Kitty Lee *This post is The Association of Pet Dog Trainers (APDT) Australia winning entry in our Geek Week 2020 Writers’ Competition* Three years ago, I decided to become a professional dog trainer. I’d been teaching obedience classes at...
by BARKS from the Guild | Oct 7, 2020 | Pet Guardians, PPG Summit, Shelter & Rescue
By Kim Jukes Zeus had a rough start to his days at Fuzzy Friends Rescue in Waco, Texas two years ago. Early one morning, the staff came in to find that someone had thrown a young German shepherd puppy over …
by BARKS from the Guild | Oct 6, 2020 | Pet Guardians
By Gail Radtke Porter came into Sam’s life at the age of 8 weeks old as a healthy, happy, and adorable American pit bull terrier pup. Sam had met both Porter’s breeder and his biological mother and could not have...
by BARKS from the Guild | Oct 1, 2020 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
By Sally Bradbury Preventing food guarding at mealtimes is usually pretty straightforward: simply allow puppy to eat in peace. If you have more than one dog, feed them separately and teach them that the presence of a human near their...
by Anna Francesca Bradley | Sep 28, 2020 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild, Pet Guardians, Training
In a training class, I always find that a significant number of dogs (and their guardians, of course) have some trouble when it comes to learning/teaching how to lie down on cue. Why Teach Lie Down Anyway? If we can …
by BARKS from the Guild | Sep 25, 2020 | Pet Guardians, PPG Summit, Shelter & Rescue, Training
By Rhonda York One of the many things I get to do as a dog trainer is train inmates at the Federal Penitentiary in Leavenworth, Kansas in tandem with the Leavenworth County Humane Society. It helps both the residents and...
