Thundershirt – A Comforting Solution to Nervousness and Anxiety
Is your dog anxious? Maybe a little nervous around other dogs or strangers? Barks at other dogs? Doesn’t like to be left alone? Perhaps stresses in the car or with strange noises? At TNT Kennels we recommend the Thundershirt. The Thundershirt’s gentle, constant pressure has a tremendous calming effect and the Thundershirt can be an
Video Tip – Teaching a Fast Down
This month you will see a video training clip on some ways to maintain a fast down with your dog. I demonstrate a few ideas to keep your training fresh. You will find that when your dog is engaging in an activity they will respond to down faster than when just standing stationary. So help to build
How to Teach Your Dog Not to Jump Up
This is a common problem for most young dogs. They want your attention and jumping up is an attention grabbing way to greet you and say hello. However, in a humans world, we would like to say hello to our dogs when all their four paws are on the ground! This is not that difficult
Puppy Training Part 2
In this month’s video demonstration, I will show a few more foundation skills that I teach my young puppies. In the video, you will see me working with my 10 week old Labrador, Mighty. I start off with – get on your pot training. I have previously written an article with video demo on “the
Puppy Training Part One
In this month’s video clip you will see me training my 10 week old Labrador puppy, Mighty. Next month, you will see part 2 which will include even more foundation skills I teach my young puppies. I will break down into segments each skill you see me demo with Mighty and I will explain why
Companion Dog (CD) Exercises
CD — COMPANION DOG (FIRST OBEDIENCE TITLE) To earn the title of Companion Dog (CD), the dog must pass three novice obedience trials under at least two different licensed obedience judges. Each trial consists of six exercises which the dog must pass (obtain at least 50%) and accumulate a total score of a minimum of
A Foray into the AKC Beginner Novice Class
My young Labrador, Louie just turned 2 years old this January. He is not yet ready to compete in Novice B, but I have a young dog that I want to get familiar with a show environment and what it’s like to perform in the ring, especially when mom is under pressure! YES, even
What is Proofing?
What is proofing and why do we do it? Proofing is an important piece of your training program and should not be overlooked. I recently released a DVD series on Proofing, and you will also find more than one book available to give you ideas on how and what to proof. It is important that
Proofing the Dumbell
This video excerpt from Janice’s new Proofing and Problem Solving Training DVD set shows an exercise to help proof the taking the dumbell. Janice shows how to keep this task fun for the dog and keep them motivated.
Starting Your Competition Puppy Right
One favorite segment from the Step by Step Training Puppy/Novice DVD has been “Raisin Puppy Training at 8 weeks of Age” As I did not have a puppy at the seminar to demonstrate my baby puppy training with, I thought it would be a great idea to insert actual home video that a friend took of
