What you’ll learn in this episode: The benefits for you, your dog, and your relationship when you do the training. The importance of considering genetics when choosing a dog to fit your lifestyle. Dog training is challenging and frustrating- but important never to lose your temper with your dog and to have a sense...
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Today Morning Perimeter Report Good morning, Big Yellow Dog here reporting for perimeter duty. Both the girl dog and I were ready at dawn, but the humans lingered in their sleeping chamber. I suspect they may have been feigning sleep in an attempt to stall the important work of property patrol. I can not...
READ MORE What you’ll learn in this episode: The history of the German Shorthair Pointer The variety of traits that have been bred into GSPs Why GSPs make great family dogs in addition to hunting dogs How some lines of GSPs have different traits than others What to look for in a GSP depending on your...
READ MORE What you’ll learn in this episode: How to prepare to bring in a new, older dog (not a puppy) What to expect when you bring home a new dog What is a check cord and how to use one on the trail How to properly put an e-collar on your dog How to use...
READ MORE What you’ll learn in this episode: Essential elements of learning how to walk with your dog off-leash Things to anticipate and prepare for before walking your dog off-leash Benefits of using an e-collar to communicate with and locate your dog Making accommodations for each dog based on personality and physical characteristics Importance of establishing...
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I often get questions about training older dogs- people wonder just how successful one might be trying to train an old dog? My experience has been that when you have lived with a dog, there comes a turning point. Yes, early on you are training the dog, but not too far down the road...
READ MORE What you’ll learn in this episode: The joys and struggles involved with intentionally creating a community of dogs along with their owners (a pack!) What exactly is That Dane Bar: Bark Park & Brews? Great Danes: personalities, training, utilizing as dog park monitors “Reading” dogs and their owners to keep the park and the...
READ MORE What you’ll learn in this episode: Differences in how people, dogs, and other creatures, such as rattlesnakes, sense and perceive their world How these differences impact our perceptions of behaviors, and thus our reactions to the behaviors of other creatures How modern developments in technology have changed our perceptions of the behaviors and thinking...
READ MORE What you’ll learn in this episode: How to say goodbye to a family dog Things to consider before bringing in a new dog Children and puppies: who’s training who? The importance of exercising your dog How crate training your dog benefits everyone, but especially your dog Welcome to another episode of Free Range Dogs...
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How many dogs? That’s a question folks need to ask themselves. I had a conversation the other day with a friend who just brought a second dog into his family. This was after an older dog had recently passed, bringing their family dog number back down to one. As parents, they were very careful...
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