How To Train Your Puppy To Heal

How To Train Your Puppy To Heal
What is healing? Heeling is not the same as going for a walk. Heeling is an obedience exercise in which the dog stays close beside you, paying attention only to you and where you are going. As your puppy grows up, heeling will become the safe way for you [...]

How To Train Your Deaf Dog

How To Train Your Deaf Dog
Loss of hearing or congenital deafness is a greater handicap to the deaf dog’s owner than to the affected dog. Usually the dog’s other senses compensate for lack of hearing. Problems associated with this condition involve a lack of response to the owner’s spoken commands and the pet’s tendency to [...]

How To Test A Shelter Dog

How To Test A Shelter Dog
It’s hard to know how an unfamiliar dog will react to your attempts to become his leader; if you catch a very self-protective dog off guard, he may bite. It doesn’t happen frequently, but don’t take the chance, and make your assessments in other ways instead. He’s going to be [...]