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Our Moms Are Our Dog’s Best Friend by John Wade

May 10, 2012 Columns
Our Moms Are Our Dog’s Best Friend by John Wade

Mother’s Day Column I’m not sure where the phrase, “a dog is man’s best friend” came from but it really needs the addition of “and a family’s mom is a dog’s best friend”. Mother’s day is as good a time as any to take a look at the role moms play in making it possible [...]

Video – Teaching Loose Leash Walking

May 2, 2012 Columns
Video for Walking of a Loose Leash Heel with Your Dog

If you want to teach a dog to walk on a loose leash – slow is fast. Walking around the neighbourhood is unwise. Lay a foundation in the yard and start to add common distractions by visiting places to continue your training. Train near bike paths, pedestrian walk ways, near dog parks. Check out my [...]

Video – A Puppy Learns to Pay Attention – Discipline Doggy Style

April 30, 2012 Newsletters

I often use this clip in workshops for dog trainers, veterinarians and vet techs when we talk about methodology, ethology and the role of discipline in dog training. At first glance it can be a little confounding. Look carefully and see if you can guess what the grandmother taught the puppy. It definitely learned something but [...]

Aggressive Cocker Spaniel

January 9, 2012 Newsletters
Aggressive Cocker Spaniel

Hi John, I have a two year old male cocker spaniel. When he was a puppy he had extreme anxiety around strangers as a puppy.  Someone would approach to pet him and he would scream like he was injured. He is now better but still very cautious and isn’t the type of dog that will [...]