By Anthony De Marinis, CDBC Hand targeting or “touch”, is a great behavior to teach for a variety of reasons. A hand target is when you present your hand and the dog bumps his or her nose against your hand. Below is a video I created on how to teach hand targeting....
Training
Resource Guarding Prevention in Puppies
Revised 4/7/2021 By Anthony De Marinis, CDBC, ADT, CBATI, VSPDT, TTWC, VSA-DT Preventing your puppy from becoming possessive of his things can be very important, especially in households with children. Many dog owners think that if a puppy growls or snaps at...
What is Dog Behavior Modification?
Revised 7/3/23 By Anthony De Marinis, CDBC, ADT, LFDM, FFCP Behavior modification also known as behavior rehabilitation or behavior resolution, is a treatment approach for changing the undesirable behaviors that your dog exhibits. Behavior modification can address a...
Don’t Steal: How to Prevent Resource Guarding
Though it may seem necessary to steal from your dog, you might be doing more harm than good!
How to Potty Train Your Puppy
Updated on 12/14/22 “Magic time, get busy, hurry up, do your business”, are just a few possible phrases you can teach your puppy to understand when you ask them to go to the bathroom. Regardless of what you decide to call it, potty training (aka housetraining) is an...
Exercise with your Dog
There are so many ways to exercise with your dog!