How To Stop Dog From Eating Wood Furniture: The Best Strategies
If you’re wondering how to stop dog from eating wood furniture, this blog will teach you the best ways to eliminate this behavior for good. If you’ve ever had a dog whoā¦ ā¦ you’re not alone. One of the most common behavioral issues dog owners come across is chewing. (See how I’ve helped train over 100,000 dogs […]
The Dog Calming Code: My #1 Secret to Successfully Training Over 100,000 Dogs
The Dog Calming Code™ program is inspired by a dog trainer’s desire to connect and understand dogs. It’s the program that will calm your dog, solve reactivity and make walks fun again. Hi, my name is Dan, and dog owners affectionately call me Doggy Dan. Because of my love for dogs, and my personal experience […]
Why Does My Dog Do This?…10 Odd Dog Behaviors Defined
Itās no secret that dogs and humans often exhibit very different behavioral habits. After all, if you walked around sniffing others peopleās butts in an attempt to get to know them, you might be sent in for a mental evaluation. Yet, some of these odd behaviorsālike sniffing butts or rolling around in stinky thingsāare very […]
How to Determine If Your Dogās Bad Behavior Is Caused by Boredom or Stress
As a dog trainer, I am often approached with questions about different dog behavioral problems. Some people believe the issues that arise due to boredom are caused by lack of exercise or a lack of attention given to a dog. And these things certainly can make the behavior worse. However, many of these behaviors are […]
10 Things Humans Do That Dogs Struggle to Understand
Do you ever wonder Why your dog stares at you blankly while you play games on your phone? Why your pup feels the need to bark and growl at the vacuum cleaner? Why your pooch chooses to hang out in the other room while youāre watching a sporting event? Everyday rituals like playing on our […]
How to Introduce Your Dog to a New Baby (And a special FREE gift for you at the end)
If youāre reading this, itās very possible that youā¦ Just found out youāre pregnant. Just brought a new baby home from the hospital. Know a family member or friend that just had a baby. In any case, I want to say congratulations! I am so thrilled for you! As a father myself, I know how […]
5 Training Exercises to Prepare Your Dog for a New Baby (And a special FREE gift for you at the end)
Bringing a new baby home is an exciting, stressful, chaotic, and joyful time in a personās life. Itās a big event that often requires new parents to make lifestyle changes in order to accommodate the needs of their new bundle of joy. That being said, people arenāt the only ones affected by this type of […]
German Shepherd Personality: Common German Shepherd Behavior Problems
Is ātypical’ German Shepherd personality really that bad? Are you always going to deal with a hyper German Shepherd? In this blog, you’ll know why German Shepherd temperament gets a bad rap (and what you can actually do to handle it). Over the years working as a professional dog trainer, I’ve probably worked with more […]
Recall Training: How to Get a Dog to Come When You Call
Thereās nothing scarier than watching your dog run off across the beach, down the street, or through the woods while you helplessly call for him to come back to you without any luck. It only takes seconds, for a dog to vanish before your eyesāall because your dog is excited and decided to chase a […]