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Dog Socialization and Play Behavior

Dog’s Social Competency Dogs communicate through body language. Dogs learn how to communicate with other dogs starting within their first week of life!  Exploring dog socialization and play behavior is a rapidly growing area of animal behavior studies. We know that puppies get their first canine social cues from their littermates and mother.  Puppies continue […]

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Dog TIP! Long-Haired Dogs Get “Snowball” Build Up: How To Stop It

If your dog gets “paw-balls” or snowballs on their legs and tummy – you need to try these solutions! Dog TIP! Long-Haired Dogs Get “Snowball” Build Up: How To Stop It There are many commercial balms and boots that work for the “Snowball” build up between the paws. Some dogs get them up the legs

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Canine Fitness Fridays! Life with a New Puppy?

Life With A New Puppy   So you got a new puppy, you are relieved to get past the sleepless nights of whining and whimpering.  But now what?  You and the new puppy have mastered potty training.  Now you are establishing basic, daily routines. You got a new puppy but you are left with questions. 

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Canine Fitness Fridays: How FitBark 2 Benefits Senior Dogs

My friend Raeleen has a Lhaso Apso named Jack. She uses Fitbark 2 to monitor Jack’s activity, play and sleep patterns. Jack is a senior Lhaso at 13 years old. He enjoys walks and is still in good health. Jack’s First Day With FitBark 2 Jack was excited to start his first moments with FitBark

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Train Your Dog Month: Health of Senior Large Breed Dogs

Continuing with the wonderful month of January with another Train Your Dog Month resource, I leave you with this video of large breed dogs. Because large dogs are simply not bigger versions of small dogs.  Todays topic is, Train Your Dog Month: Health of Senior Large Breed Dogs I have also linked Train Your Dog

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Transform Your Australian Shepherd’s Health: Use FitBark For Dogs with Food Allergies!

Once you get your FitBark, plug it in to charge and create your dog’s profile.  If you need help getting started with the FitBark app, check out my previous video below. Creating a FitBark Profile for Your Allergy-Prone Australian Shepherd Once you have that much sorted out, next you want to create your dog’s profile

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Train Your Dog Month: Dog Training “Sit” Command

When to Start Training When people first get a dog, they often want know when to start training.  The answer is simple – you can start right away!  There are easy, fun ways to train a dog that don’t feel like training.  Training does not have to be this formal, class-structured, authoritarian rigid program.  Dog

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