Boarding | Doggie Daycare | Dog Training
Just as people, dogs like individual attention. When training a new dog, don’t include the others if you have multiple family dogs until time is right for the “distraction training.” If you need to reinforce a positive behavior, don’t include the others until the one that needs it most understands and then slowly include the […]
Dogs on a Turtle is just one of the tasks the dogs learn at Heide’s Doggie Daycare. Training to increase confidence, decrease reactivity, or increase attention span Dogs who have low confidence, highly reactive or short attention span need to focus and think about tackling the task of walking up or down and sitting on […]
Tips from the American Animal Hospital Association (AAHA) of Pet Behaviors to Watch: Listen to how they vocalize: Whine, Howling, Whimpering, Groaning, and Grunting Changes in Their Daily Habits: Decreased appetite, Changes in sleeping or drinking, house training issues, withdrawn from others Self Mutilation: Licking, biting, scratching a particular part of their body Activity Level: […]
When your dog is not happy at the dog kennel, it affects your ability to enjoy your time away from your dog. Many dog kennels are more of a caged experience for your dog than a personalized care away from home experience. Why we don’t call it a dog kennel At Heide’s Pet Care in […]
Not long ago, I discussed my favorite toys from Katzenbarker’s. Now I would like to discuss my favorite toys at Marathon Town & Country. I use all of these toys when training the dogs and cats in Heide’s Pet Care in-home pet care programs, at my doggie day care, and with the pets in my […]