Video On Demand – Contest Winner Announced
Thank you for some wonderful Video on Demand content suggestions! Even if you did not win this time around, I will still try to work on some of your ideas in future. The winner was Jen Patterson from Brooktondale New York. She wanted to know what she could do to keep her dog from moving
How to Handle Moving With Your Dog
Last weekend I managed to persuade, beg and cajole a number of my friends (and their pickup trucks) to help me move from my apartment into a house with more space for me and my 4 legged family members. All in all it was a successful albeit tiring move. Mother Nature was on my side
Go Out and Hit It – Part 1
Thank you for all the wonderful feed back we got on our last video tip Go Out and HIT It. We also had a number of people ask, how do you actually start an exercise like that from scratch? So Janice shot a new video called Go Out and HIT It – Part 1 so you can
Is Your Dog Walking You?
We have talked about the Freedom No Pull harness in a previous post. I would like to take a moment to introduce you to another training aid that also assists with keeping your excitable dog manageable – the Gentle Leader (a type of head halter). The Gentle Leader type of head collar can make it
Go Out & Hit It!
Video Training Tip – Go Out and Hit It! The name of this video clip is called GO OUT AND HIT IT! I have on both my DVD’s and on Video on Demand clips on how I teach the go-out from start to finish so I am not covering that on this clip. For those
Clicker Expo Excitement 2012
Clicker Expo 2012 by Janice Gunn In Portland, Oregon from January 27-29 I attended 3 action packed days at the Clicker Expo conference. I haved attended APDT conferences in the past which are similar in style to the Expo. The style of the conference is that there are multiple speakers giving talks throughout the day.
Freedom No Pull Harnesses
And thanks to a new shipment of Freedom No-Pull Harnesses, here is Sophie (one of our Super Puppy students) in her new harness. Doesn’t she look cute in her new urban wear? Sophie’s dad was sooo impressed that the new harness was so easy to put on and take off. No more lifting the legs
More on Thundershirts
In a previous post, I alluded to my foster dog Aspen as a frequent wearer of her Thundershirt. I wanted you all to see how cute she is sporting her anxiety reducing fashion wear. Here we are playing in the snow at TNT this past week. For Aspen, playing is a new thing for her.
Is Your Dog a Good Neighbour?
Do you want him/her to be not just a good neighbor but a great one? Good dogs make great neighbors and at TNT we can show you how. The Canine Good Neighbor (CGN) Program developed by the Canadian Kennel Club (CKC) wants to ensure that one of our most favoured companions, the dog, is accepted
No Pull Harness
I am regularly asked in my classes, “how you get your dog to stop puuuullllling?” as the student is being pulled to a new arrival in the class, notes TNT instructor Sophie Budin. Like Dr. Ian Dunbar says, “You must become the center of your dog’s universe. You need to stimulate and strengthen your dog’s
