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Benefits of Understanding your Dog’s Breed

June 16, 2011 by A to Z Dog Training

Understanding the behavior characteristics commonly associated with the breed of your dog is the first step to building a stronger relationship and partaking in breed-specific training.  Becoming familiar with your dogs breed can also help you to learn ways to avoid common problems related to diet, behavior, and care. During the first week of my Basic Obedience class I request owners research their dogs breed.  If they … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Pet Training, Problem Solving Tagged With: breed specific training, know your breed, train your specific breed of dog, training your dog

The Buzz About Reward Based Training

April 30, 2011 by A to Z Dog Training

Traditionally dog training was primarily taught through punishment or aversive techniques.   Through time, reward based or positive reinforcement training has become more popular.   By definition, behaviors that are reinforced will increase.  This is true for various species of animals including humans.  It’s also true that both desired and undesired behavior can be increase through reinforcement. Positive reinforcement … [Read more...]

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A Day Of Fun With Your Dog

April 30, 2011 by A to Z Dog Training

Obedience and Agility Fun Match Sunday, May 29th Location:  Lucky Dog Adventure Camp in Waimanalo Canine Good Citizen Evaluation Set your dog apart from the rest!  See if they can pass all 10 Canine Good Citizen test items to earn the title of a ‘Good Citizen’. Evaluation begins at 8:00 am and is $50.00 Obedience Fun Match Obedience is a fun opportunity to practice obedience behaviors such as ‘sit’, ‘down’, ‘stay’, … [Read more...]

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A dogs sense of smell…

December 7, 2010 by A to Z Dog Training

Humans have around 5 million scent receptors.  Some dogs have have over 200 million or MORE!  Think how this can effect your training, especially while walking your dog.  I always tell students they personally have to be more motivating than what the dog smells or sees.  On your walk make it worth your dogs effort to pay attention to you.  A great way to do this is slip them a piece of steak every once in awhile.  If your … [Read more...]

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Games to play to STOP problem behaviors

November 24, 2010 by A to Z Dog Training

Dogs and humans that play together stay together.  Believe it or not, “play” can actually be considered a trainable behavior with dogs. Teaching your fuzzy friend to play with you can help build your relationship, increase trainability, provide mental stimulation and exercise (for both of you), and help to eliminate behavior problems. My training philosophy is to ‘have fun and be consistent’.  I like to stress to my … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Problem Solving Tagged With: dog training, fun with dogs, hawaii dog trainer, how to train your dog, obedience classes, play training, training

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