1. Put a bag of groceries on the floor in front of your dog. Fill it with the following items: a squeaky toy still in its packaging, a rawhide toy, a fresh meat bone with some meat left on it, a head of lettuce, and a container of catnip. Say, “Stay!” in a firm […]
Puppy Toilet – 10 Tips To Ease Puppy Potty Training Stress!
Puppies are fun, exciting and cute. But there is nothing adorable about accidents on the carpet. Housebreaking your pup doesn’t have to make you pull your hair out though! Follow these simple tips to glide through potty training your favorite pooch. Crate it: Puppies instinctively do not like to soil their “dens”. Use a crate that is […]
Research Finds that Dogs DO Get Green with Envy!
They give you love every day, but they expect you to clean up after them. They make you laugh and smile, but they are quite demanding, too. They give you kisses and make you feel special, but they expect your attention to be entirely on them at all times. No, we aren’t talking about […]
Soothing Pet Sounds: Simple Classics Relax Your Canines
It’s 11pm. You’re jonesing for sleep, but Fido won’t calm down. You’ve tried placing him in bed, stroking his fur, and talking to him softly, but his head is still filled with frantic thoughts of car rides, squirrel-chasing and that cute Bichon Frise he saw earlier. Before you slip tranquilizers into his Kibbles and […]
In Honor Of The Oscars! How To Make Your Pet A Star!
Bash Dibra, celebrated dog trainer to such human superstars as Mariah Carey, Kim Basinger, Matthew Broderick and Sarah Jessica Parker, wrote a book titled, StarPet and holds Star Pet Workshops, an animal-actors workshop designed to transform even the most dedicated couch potato pets into bono fido performing stars. If your pet is ready […]
Ask The Trainer With Legendary Broadway Trainer Bill Berloni!
“When I was 19, I was asked to train the original Sandy for the original production of Annie,” said Bill Berloni. We were in his dressing room at the Palace Theatre, where he was in rehearsals for Legally Blonde. The five dogs that are in the show had settled quickly around him or onto […]