When it comes to dog training, there are some simple rules you can apply to make it a better experience for both you and your dog.

Yes, it’s cold outside, but don’t stop your dog’s agility training. Depending on where you live, there might be snow on the ground from November through March, but that’s no reason to give up your agility training. Bring your training indoors, right at your own home.

Along with the two main mistakes a novice exhibitor makes, there are many smaller mistakes or areas where the average novice can improve their handling during a dog show.

Dog clicker training is so much fun for both dogs and people that the training part just slips in! Dog clicker training gets the dog to figure out what you want, making it an enjoyable game.

As dogs grow older, their senses become less sharp, which can lead to increasing communication difficulties.

Is your dog one of those that pulls at his leash constantly whenever there is a distraction? A child walks by, or he sees another dog? If a cat or small animal scoots by, or if a car wooshes in front of him, does he tug to get closer? If the answer is yes to any of these questions, then your dog training needs to include self-control measures.

Dog obedience training starts even before you get your puppy in your home. In fact, it starts with the person that you purchased the dog from.

Throughout the 1990s, a phenomena swept through the dog-lover’s community that’s still every bit as important today. It was called “Clicker Training,” and was implemented to teach dogs (along with horses and cats) that certain behaviors would be rewarded while others would not.

Without agility, the most muscular person in the world couldn’t win a fight against a fifth-grader. But did you know that for a dog agility is possibly even more important? With so many of a dog’s happiest moments spent running, jumping, catching, and stretching, dog agility training can really help dogs age gracefully and happily.

Whether you realize it or not, your dog views your household as his own personal wolf pack. The pack mentality is so engrained in your dog’s psyche that he will either view you as a leader - or a follower - depending on your actions.