Dog Training Blog

Teach your dog to Stand

Teaching a dog to “Stand” is a helpful command when placing a vest on your dog, trimming your dog’s nails or when your dog needs

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Trick Dog and AKC Titles

On November 1, 2016 several dogs and their owners earned Puppy STAR Certificates, Novice Trick Dog (NTD) Titles via Do More With Your Dog and

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Shaping a dog behavior

Luring (showing the dog what to do such as follow a food hand around the cone) is quicker and easier to teach but shaping (where

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How Dogs Learn Best

Behaviorally speaking, there are four ways to operantly teach desired behaviors: 1. Positive Reinforcement, 2. Negative Punishment, 3. Negative Reinforcement and 4. Positive Punishment. All

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