New Yorkers are always short on time. We are busy professionals who adore our dogs but don’t always make training a priority. By following these few easy steps you can change your dog’s behavior and improve your parenting skills in … Continue reading
Category Archives: Foundational Manners
Recipe of the Day: How to Train Your Dog
Ingredients: Patience A sense of humor An embarrassing praise voice Bag of dog treats or good tug toy Directions: Attitude: Smile, take a deep breath and relax. It’s dog training, not rocket science. Envision: Envision the behavior you would like … Continue reading
Life Rewards-The Peaceful Dog’s secret to having a reliable and well trained dog!
What is a life reward? A life reward is anything that your dog wants in their daily life. It could be an activity your dog enjoys doing, access to something they want, or greeting a person, dog or resource. Every … Continue reading
Top 5 Tips to a Peaceful Dog
Top 5 Tips to a Peaceful Dog Get control of your dogs behavior by controlling some of his favorite things! Use some of the many things your dogs loves in life to teach him how to be a Peaceful Dog. … Continue reading
Come Part 1
Coming when called is a very important behavior for all dogs. It provides the dog with safety and off leash freedom, while it creates a compliant canine citizen for the parent. This tutorial is going be divided into 5 series … Continue reading
5 Ways to Spoil Your Dog
As a private dog trainer in NYC, I frequently have clients confess that they spoil their dog. When they are revealing these daunting words “I spoil my dog” I watch as their face shifts to a look of concern and … Continue reading
Use it or Lose it
Clients often ask me why their dog no longer comes galloping across the park when they call them to “come,” or why their dog doesn’t lie down after the first request anymore, or, the most common complaint, is that their … Continue reading
Canine Currency
Dollars, Euros, Rupees – Do these all sound familiar? So, what is Canine Currency? Canine Currency is your dog’s payment system and it is what dog training is all about. Your dog will work if they get paid. And if … Continue reading
Raising A Healthy Dog
Raising a healthy dog: Mind, Body, Spirit What is a healthy dog? When you think of a healthy dog, what comes to your mind? Is it the 6 month old puppy running through the park? Or maybe, it’s the dog … Continue reading
Top 5 tips to a Peaceful Dog
Lauren’s Top 5 tips to having a Peaceful Dog Get control of your dogs behavior by controlling some of his favorite things! Use some of the many things your dogs loves in life to teach him how to be a … Continue reading