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Achieving Success with Your Training Through Effective Goal Setting training tips

 Embarking on the journey of training your dog and feeling a bit overwhelmed? Just like setting goals in our own lives, defining clear objectives for your furry friend can lead to a more...

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Don't Let Your [Rescue] Dog's Past Define Their Future rescue training tips

All too often we witness owners of rescue dogs avoid disciplining their pooch because their past wasn’t the best. However, when we do not provide structure, leadership, and proper training,...

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Babies & Dogs - Juggling Both as a New Mother management training tips

Let’s face it, being a dog mom is the gateway to becoming a human mom. And when we make that transition, it can be a hard lifestyle change to adjust to.

When you bring a new infant into the...

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Making Your Dog's Food an Extension of Play keendog essentials play training tips

Dogs chase prey - birds, rabbits, deer, etc. - it’s in their genetics. And yet, most owners want to squash this drive in their companion dog.

Instead of suppressing their instincts, tap into...

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Four Tips For Paddleboarding & Kayaking With Your Dog kayaking & paddleboarding training tips

It is no secret that we love hitting up the water with our personal dogs and client dogs. Summer is coming to an end next week so why not finish off with some paddleboarding and/or kayaking...

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Don't Let Your Dog Be An Asshole training tips

3 asshole behaviors that you SHOULD NOT allow your dog to do.

AKA: Don’t be that person.

1. Don’t allow your dog off leash if you don’t have any control.

Just don’t be that...

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Are You Enjoying Your Training Journey? training tips

It can seem daunting hiring a trainer for your dog. Either be it right from the start as a puppy or later on in life due to behaviors you want to eliminate and others you want to improve upon. It...

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5 Top Tips for Puppy Raising keendog essentials play puppy raising training tips

So you’re getting a new puppy, the excitement in the household is at an all time high and you may be wondering what the key areas to focus on are. We want to help you get off on the right...

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5 Ways To Optimize Your Day With Your Dog training tips

For the past couple years it feels like I have become a black belt in cramming as many things in a day as possible. However, for the past couple months it has been a refreshing feeling to go at a...

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Be Realistic With Your Expectations puppy raising training tips

The best thing about what I do as a dog trainer is to provide the coaching and guidance for dog owners to live life optimally with their dogs. To deepen the relationship they share, teach them how...

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Be The Bowl keendog essentials training tips

Channel your inner Yoda when viewing your relationship with your dog. You see how exuberant your dog gets when you fill up his bowl for meals – well, you should be the bowl. The ...

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Why Your Dog Wonā€™t Listen training tips

Have you ever been to a foreign country or with a group of individuals who speak a different dialect than you? It can be overwhelming trying to understand what others are saying when you...

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