• Training challenges: overcoming “My dog will only come when she wants to”
• Addressing separation anxiety in dogs
• Offer to participate in a documentary: TRUE LIFE – I HAVE AN OUT OF CONTROL PET
• Is your dog jumping on you when you arrive home? Try this!
• John Rogerson Seminar provides thought-provoking ideas
• Links and Social Stream Activity

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Training challenges: overcoming “My dog will only come when she wants to”

I’ve heard it many times. And I heard it again at one of my classes recently:

 

“My dog only comes when she wants to. How do I get her to come EVERY time?”

 

While this particular client was referring to coming when called, I’ve heard the same comment for just about anything: coming, sitting, staying. . . The dog only responds when there is a treat available, only in certain locations, or only when the temperature  is above 50 but not over 75 degrees. Ok, maybe not that last one, but you get the idea!  The issue of come is a problem area for many dog owners and I spend a lot of time on it in classes and private training. It is also a dedicated online training module we are developing and is covered quite extensively in my upcoming book, Juvenile Delinquent Dogs: The Complete Guide to Saving Your Sanity and Successfully Living With Your Adolescent Dog.

Romeo coming while off leash on a mountain hike

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Addressing separation anxiety in dogs

Separation anxiety, or a lesser form now often referred to as separation distress, can be a frustrating issue to deal with, especially if your dog is destructive when separated. However, many people think their dogs have separation anxiety when they really do not. If your dog does suffer from separation anxiety, it can take time to overcome. Patience and baby steps are they keys to successfully resolving the issue.


Finnigan during her supervised separation test at the Canine Good Citizen Test she took. Pictured with her is Barb, a fellow trainer who performed the testing for my recent CGC class.

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Offer to participate in a documentary: TRUE LIFE – I HAVE AN OUT OF CONTROL PET

We received this email yesterday from the BlogPaws community.  Please share with anyone you feel would be appropriate.

 

Offer to participate in documentary:

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Is your dog jumping on you when you arrive home? Try this!

Overly enthusiastic dogs jumping on family and visitors is a common issue, especially for adolescent dogs. Since it is such a pervasive issue, we have an online training module in development dedicated specifically to jumping. It is also addressed in my upcoming book, Juvenile Delinquent Dogs: The Complete Guide to Saving Your Sanity and Successfully Living with Your Adolescent.  


Short video of our adolescent Vizsla, Romeo, for whom jumping has always been an issue.

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John Rogerson Seminar provides thought-provoking ideas

The other week, I spent four full days at a seminar with dog trainer John Rogerson. John lives in the UK and travels all over the world, so he’s not often in the U.S. He has been spending a lot of time in Thailand and India where dog ownership and dog training are fairly new and not nearly as mainstream as it is in Europe and the U.S.

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Links and Social Stream Activity

• RT @DawgBlogger: Must watch: The Hidden Inflammatory Condition That Threatens Your Pet’s Well-Being http://bit.ly/nAxzUy via @drkarenbecker
• Is your dog suddenly afraid of familiar things? http://j.mp/nhF4QQ My latest post.
• Alcohol Poisoning in Dogs: http://j.mp/ne17h1 It may not be from ingesting liquor.
• RT @LorieAHuston: Canine Supplements: Do Dogs Need Food Supplements?
• Home remedies for fleas on dogs: http://t.co/UJqNbk0a
• Puppy mills leave lasting emotional scars, study finds: http://t.co/TwBqOPEh
• How do you feel about dogs and other animals being cloned? http://t.co/q6HSTHPj
• @Joe_Camp Great video, Joe! Ed responding here. Will show it to Sue. She will enjoy it. http://t.co/5sKHYDT7
• A Simple Easy Tip to Stop Your Dog from Chewing or Licking at His Pawshttp://j.mp/sDuu9C via @LorieAHuston
• Tips on keeping pets safe for Halloween: http://j.mp/tzPwfn We live out in the country, so no trick-or-treaters for us.
• Tetanus: Not Just from Bites and Rusty Nails: http://j.mp/v20bqP While dogs are not as susceptible to tetanus as we are, still good info.
•  Rimadyl and NSAID’s for Dog Arthritis: http://j.mp/uJ9Ekb Some decent info here.
•  Dog helps teen manage his diabetes: http://j.mp/rODRWo Great story and organization doing this
•  How to Perform CPR on a Dog – Dog First Aid: http://j.mp/swH9PN Good refresher article, even if you know this already.
•  Pets and Plants – Keeping Your Pet Safe from Plant Allergies and Poisoning: http://t.co/VaJLYpEs
•  Obesity in Pets is Deadly : http://j.mp/vG6jcY Good tips about where necessary fat is stored in pets.

Sue Brown, MNM, CDBC, CPDT-KA and Ed Soehnel, The wife/husband team of The Light of Dog

Sue conducts all training for Love My Dog Training, our business in metro-Denver, Colorado, since 2004. Sue has been providing dog training and behavior counseling since 1996. She is a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant and Certified Professional Dog Trainer with over 15 years of experience. She has written for the APDT Chronicle of the Dog and was a contributor to the book The Association of Pet Dog Trainers Top Tips from Top Trainers: 1001 Practical Tips and Techniques for Successful Dog Care and Training published in 2010. She also writes a bimonthly Ask the Trainer column for the Colorado Greyhound Adoption newsletter and is the the Co-Founder of the Colorado Dog Trainers Network, which provides networking, training and dog -related education, business education, and referral sources for trainers in Colorado. Her designations include: approved Canine Good Citizen (CGC) Evaluator; Certified Dog Behavior Consultant through the International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants; Certified Professional Dog Trainer through the Certification Council for Professional Dog Trainers; and, a Professional Member and the Greeter for the State of Colorado of the Association of Pet Dog Trainers.

Ed’s background is leading consumer product/service companies, from start-up through exit. He has a strong skill set in marketing, sales, branding, product development and finance. He splits most of his time between The Light Of Dog and Love My Dog Training, but also provides consulting to start-up and small consumer product companies and owns a small tree farm where he and Sue live. Ed has an MBA from the University of Denver

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