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Treats for Tricks: The Leg Weave
In the spirit of Halloween, we have a series of fun tricks for you to teach your dog! This week we are teaching THE LEG WEAVE. We have made a...
Treats for Tricks: The Leg Weave
In the spirit of Halloween, we have a series of fun tricks for you to teach your dog! This week we are teaching THE LEG WEAVE. We have made a...

Emergency Dog Kit: Tips for Creating a Pet Disaster Kit
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If you don't have an emergency pet kit and plan and don't know where to start, keep reading! In this...
Emergency Dog Kit: Tips for Creating a Pet Disaster Kit
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If you don't have an emergency pet kit and plan and don't know where to start, keep reading! In this...

Is there such a thing as too much praise?
As a trainer of both dogs and their humans, I’m always striving to find the right words to express to my fellow humans –methods that can help with the touch,...
Is there such a thing as too much praise?
As a trainer of both dogs and their humans, I’m always striving to find the right words to express to my fellow humans –methods that can help with the touch,...

3 Ways to Walk your Dog that will Engage their Mind and Heart
If the daily walk for your dog is on the same route, with the same sights, for the same amount of time, with the same smells, then your dog is...
3 Ways to Walk your Dog that will Engage their Mind and Heart
If the daily walk for your dog is on the same route, with the same sights, for the same amount of time, with the same smells, then your dog is...

Boost Your Dogs Confidence with the 3D's
We grow in life by trying things, setting our sights on a new activity , stretching for new goals, sometimes not making it, then figuring out what happened when we...
Boost Your Dogs Confidence with the 3D's
We grow in life by trying things, setting our sights on a new activity , stretching for new goals, sometimes not making it, then figuring out what happened when we...

Why Does My Puppy Pee Inside After Going Outside?
This has to be one of the most frustrating parts of training new pups. Almost immediately after going potty outside, they come inside and pee, again! Why do they do...
Why Does My Puppy Pee Inside After Going Outside?
This has to be one of the most frustrating parts of training new pups. Almost immediately after going potty outside, they come inside and pee, again! Why do they do...

Our Best Advice on How to Stop Dogs from Chewing {Guest Post by Yasko Endo}
Our guest writer is Yasko Endo, an alumni of APBC. Yasko got her puppy Bodhi from us several years ago, since then they never stopped learning. Yasko and Bodhi have...
Our Best Advice on How to Stop Dogs from Chewing {Guest Post by Yasko Endo}
Our guest writer is Yasko Endo, an alumni of APBC. Yasko got her puppy Bodhi from us several years ago, since then they never stopped learning. Yasko and Bodhi have...

Top tips to get your dog to stop jumping, nipping and mouthing
Through my decades of working with dogs and helping humans, I’ve heard it all when it comes to dogs mouths on humans and paws on humans: My pup was just...
Top tips to get your dog to stop jumping, nipping and mouthing
Through my decades of working with dogs and helping humans, I’ve heard it all when it comes to dogs mouths on humans and paws on humans: My pup was just...

My Pooch is BARKING & WHINING in the CRATE
Your dog has decided that being in a crate and away from you IS NOT where he wants to be. He is crying and whining and waking the entire family,...
My Pooch is BARKING & WHINING in the CRATE
Your dog has decided that being in a crate and away from you IS NOT where he wants to be. He is crying and whining and waking the entire family,...