Dog Obedience Training For Your Pet Dog

Hi Steve,

I just had to tell you what a wonderful job maddy is doing! This morning I got up and said “Maddy, Run!” she went right over to her treadmill and jumped on. She then ran 3 miles, after which I put her on her place bed so that I could shower and get ready for my day. She slept there for 1.5 hours before I released her!

Thank you, thank you for helping Maddy be the BEST she can be!

Best,

Jen and Maddy

Chuy, a favorite client dog just won a photo contest. I thought I would post the picture for all to enjoy.

By the way, they did let Chuy out of the bag!

Well, especially when they are accompanied by one of my all time favorite clients. Aren’t these two Handsome Guys.

I’ve had schnauzers around my whole life until the last year and can’t wait until I find the next one. Great dogs and I just love their personalities. Jake here is a very good match for Greg his owner.

On occasion I get the opportunity to train with a real working dog. Hunting dogs are my favorite because I just love to watch them work.

I got an email recently from one of my clients that included pictures of her dog who is away at hunting camp. I always like for my clients to send their hunting dogs away to camp so that the are able to work a LOT on live birds, more than most owners every have the time to accomplish.

In any case, here is a picture of Viva on point and doing what she does best which is tracking down birds. She’s a great dog and I know her owner is very proud of her these days.

Often in what I do I’m not the first trainer clients have worked with. Sometimes they have used a number of other trainers to try and fix the issues the are having with their pups.

I ran across a client yesterday who told me a most bizzare story about a previous trainer she had used.

This client had two Border collies. Great dogs actually but they were being a real nuisance at the front door. They barked, jumped on guests, and were overly aggressive greeters once the guests were inside.

Now we have to keep in mind that this client was roughly 60 to 65 years old with two super high-energy border collie dogs in house.

What the other trainer told her to do when someone came to the door was to lift one of the dogs up over her head and hold it there as she opened the door. This was his solution for stopping the jumping and barking at guests!

Now I don’t know about you, but I find it hard to believe that a woman of that age should be picking up a squirming thrashing barking 45 pound border collie over her head and answering the door to same time. It just doesn’t seem to be reasonable to me not to mention impossible for my client to accomplish. In fact it’s one of the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard from another dog trainer. And this guy calls himself a professional?

So when it comes time to start thinking about hiring a dog trainer make sure you do your homework. Make sure it’s not a dog trainer they got all of their training off of the Internet. And, make sure it’s someone that actually had dogs in their hands for, let’s say more than six months. Maybe you should look for someone that’s done it for say 35 years or so??

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One of my clients sent me this story this morning.

It made me laugh so hard I couldn’t believe it. Just imagine the dogs on the other side of the river trying to figure out how to get back. What was going through their mind.

Read and enjoy.

Lily and daisy scared up an Axis deer and chased it down to the lake….they didnt come back but I could still hear them doing their “deer whimper”.

I went to see what was up and found that deer had decided to swim for it and so the dogs went in after him!!
All were about 3/4 across lake austin when i came down!! After all got out of water on the other side, deer ran off as he got out first and dogs lost him.

They paced shore for a while…I was trying to figure out where they were so I could go in car and get them….then they started swimming BACK across!!
They both made it but were exhausted the rest of the day..I finally found something that tires them out….dog biathlon!!!
Crazy, huh? I didnt even know deer could swim!

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Working on a long down at Zilker park. Dogs running around, kids, people banging on instruments and the puppy held the the down for five minutes with me 50 feet away. Good puppy.

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Location:Lou Neff Rd,Austin,United States

I love Zilker Park. There’s no other place in Austin where you can look at a field this large and see all the dogs and all the kids running around in the middle of the morning. There’s no better place for dog training. Getting a dog out here running around practicing recalls staying right beside you with kids and dogs running past is the perfect training opportunity.

If you want your dog be well-behaved you have to get them out and socialize you have to get them out of practice in real life. Putting your dog in the backyard is going to leave leave you with the dog that can only be in the backyard. So grab your leash and head out to the park and practice hard on all of those commands you’ve invested all that time in learning.

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Location:Stratford Dr,Austin,United States

It’s cold outside today and I’m walking around the park with a small border Terrier working on recall. My old corporate life is far behind me and I can’t say how much I enjoy the opportunity to be out in the cold, windy weather working with a small puppy helping it to become the dog it’s owners want it to be.

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Location:Ardath St,Austin,United States

My all-time favorite dog boarding facility in Austin is Camp4Paws you can’t do any better, and it’s the place that I would keep my dog if I were going out of town.

I highly recommend it.

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Location:Burnet Rd,Austin,United States