Kate Potter discovers what you should and shouldn’t be doing when it comes to training your pooch. There’s an old saying that can explain many behavioural problems dog owners find themselves dealing with: “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”. It sounds harsh, but there’s no denying that being a new dog owner […]
Delta Behavioural Trainer Karin Larsen Bridge from Get S.M.A.R.T. Dogs shares tips on keeping your dog active indoors and out through the winter months. Winter is a time when many people are inclined to slow down, stay indoors and take advantage of long cold nights in front of the fireplace. In the northern hemisphere, hibernation […]
Vanessa and Darren Smith were going to put their King Charles Spaniel cross, Cooper, to sleep because of his bad temperament, when a last-minute recommendation to talk to dog trainer, Scott Donald, saved the day. Kate Potter discovers more about training a difficult dog Cooper hadn’t always been a “bad” dog. Initially, the Smiths had […]
Dog trainer Zoe Daly not only teaches dog obedience classes; she also trains canines to save lives. Daly chats to Kylie Baracz about her work training these remarkable dogs. How long have you been working with dogs and how did you get started? I have been training dogs for seven years, working professionally at a […]
How can owners juggle training more than one dog? Kate Potter finds out. Training one dog can sometimes be tricky, but when you add more dogs to the pack, the challenges seem to add multiply exponentially. While it may take a bit of extra time and effort at first, don’t give up. There are a […]
Looking for a new dog training activity for your active and inquisitive pooch? Tim Falk profiles five new and exciting dog sports. Dock diving Does your pooch love swimming? Is he full of beans and does he love retrieving? If you answered yes to these questions, the sport of dock diving could be for you. […]
Dear Dogs Life, Do you have any tips for training a second dog? We have two: we got our Beagle, Nes, about eight months prior to our new dog, Holly. Nes knows all her tricks so, when I try to train Holly, Nes is right there wanting treats for doing the tricks she already knows […]
Toileting in the house is one of the most common reasons dogs are excluded from the family home or, worse still, surrendered to shelters. For this reason, it is perhaps the most urgent issue to teach when you first bring a puppy home. Delta behavioural trainer Karin Larsen Bridge, from Get S.M.A.R.T (Successful Motivation And […]
Dog trainer Karin Larsen Bridge explains the controversy over why using treats as a training reward works and why it doesn’t. The use of food rewards to train animals – from killer whales and elephants, to parrots and puppies – has become increasingly accepted and popular. Traditional methods have been replaced by laws of […]
Irrespective of size and breed, your dogs nose is capable of amazing feats of discrimination and detection, putting our own olfactory abilities to shame. Dog trainer Karin Larsen Bridge from Get S.M.A.R.T Dogs shows you how to use your dogs scenting abilities to play games, find lost items or perform life-saving work. A dogs sense of […]
