Dog Training

The Top Five Dog Behavior Problems and How You Can Solve Them Solutions to Your Most Asked Dog Behavioral Questions!

	Five Quick Tips to Stop Your Dog From Pulling on Leash Ask Inger Martens Q:My Rottie, Hayley, pulls and pulls and pulls on walks. How can I put an end to this supremely irritating behaviour? Please help make walk-...more
	Ask an Expert - Door Darting Advice for Houdini-like hounds that dart to the door everytime you open it! more
	Ask an Expert - Calming hyperactive behaviour Five Ways to Calm a Hyperactive Dog more
	Ask an Expert - Rewarding Bad Habits Are you inadvertently encouraging your dog's bad behaviour? more
	Doggie Boot Camp: Reform school for dogs Think of it as a “doggie boot camp,” whereby the dog’s issues, rather than being addressed piecemeal, are instead dealt with farther up the behavioural stream. More often than not, bad behaviours are symptomatic of a larger issue; one related to the dog’s self-perception, its environment and history, and the way it is treated by its owners.more
	How To Read Your Dog's Body Language What is your dog trying to tell you? Dogs have a language that allows them to communicate their emotional state and their intentions to others around them. Although dogs do use sounds and signals, much of the information that they send is through their body language, specifically their facial expressions and body postures. more
	Training for Off-Leash Walking How do I teach my dog to walk off-leash beside me? The street kids where I live always seem to have the most well-behaved, street savvy, leash-free dogs. more
	Keep Your Dog Off the Couch My dog is not allowed on the furniture but the minute I'm not present, she's up there lounging. How do I stop her if I'm not there to catch her? more
	Is My Dog an Alcoholic? When I have a party, my dog, Top Jaw, tries to knock beer out of guests' hands and then drink it. Is my dog an alcoholic or just a bad host? more
	Unpopular dog: why does my dog have no friends? My dog is unpopular. When we go to the dog park, I feel she's the canine equivalent of the kid picked last for teams in gym class. What can I do to help her make friends? more