Training a dog is one of the most important responsibilities of pet ownership. Beyond teaching tricks, obedience training creates structure, improves communication and strengthens the relationship ...

For numerous pet owners, this is a very typical and often aggravating experience: dogs that bark excessively, attack people ...

Firstly, understanding the importance of training is very necessary before actually doing the commands. Managing a dog that has been properly trained is so much easier; he is more self-assured and ...

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It was about six weeks into a beginners level dog obedience class when one of the students showed up without her dog. Her dog had had some kind of medical procedure which prevented it from being in ...

It was a novice dog obedience class, where students were preparing their dogs for the first level of formal obedience competition. They were learning the set of exercises which would hopefully lead to ...