Dog Training - The Basics

Though dog-human interaction goes back thousands of years, communication between the two is still sometimes rough. The human half of the pair is usually the smarter party, but watching the usual training sessions one can have legitimate reason to wonder.

Dogs understand and respond at roughly the mental level of a human two-year-old, but there the similarity ends. Their senses operate differently - their color vision has a different response pattern to reds and greens, for example, and obviously their noses are infinitely more sensitive - and their minds process information differently as well. Anyone training dogs has to take this into account in order to avoid human frustration and canine misbehavior.

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Dog Training - Training Styles - Part I

Contrary to popular belief, there are not as many training styles as there are trainers. Despite individual differences, people handling dogs fall into clearly recognizable categories. And no matter your individual style or that of your dog, there remain certain truisms.

The Too-Easily Frustrated

No activity apart from human childrearing requires as much patience as developing cooperative behavior in a dog. And most individuals don’t spontaneously possess that much. So, along with training the dog, self-training is usually necessary.

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The Importance of Microchipping Your Yorkshire Terrier

Each year, Yorkshire Terriers go missing. Most of those are actually stolen, because these dogs are worth a great deal of money to a savvy thief. If you have not already considered Microchipping your Yorkshire Terrier, you absolutely must consider this immediately, and make arrangements to have this done.

On average, Microchipping can cost somewhere between $40 and $70, depending on the area where you live, and the microchip that you order, as well as whether or not you are injecting the microchip yourself or having it done for you. The small microchip contains a number, which when put into the computer system returns information about the dog and his owner, including your name, phone number, address, and the name and phone number of your veterinarian.

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2008 was a very productive year for Highland Canine and our Second Chance Program. For those of you who may not be familiar, our Second Chance Program provides pro-bono work for our local dog rescue groups and humane societies. The dogs we worked with suffered from such behavioral issues as: lack of socialization, fear aggression, dominance aggression, dog on dog aggression, potty training issues, and simply no manners or strucuture at all. Highland Canine worked with 42 different dogs in 2008 from various rescue groups in our area, and we are proud to say the majority of these dogs were adopted out to their forever home with little or no issues.

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Yorkshire Terriers and Other Pets

When you get a Yorkshire Terrier, and you bring it into a home with other pets ?or when you bring other pets into a home with a Yorkshire Terrier, there are those that will tell you that it’s impossible to say what reaction you may get from the dog. It is true that the reaction is somewhat dependant on the dog’s personality, however for the most part Yorkshire Terriers do get along well with other pets, in most cases.

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Over the weekend we took our family to Ringling Brothers and Barnum Baily Circus in Charlotte, NC and had a wonderful time. To our surprise the opening act was with dogs, it was great! The clowns used mostly the herding breeds in agility, frisbee, obedience, and pattern training using alot of directionals. My kids loved it, and I thought, “What a great way to show people how fun and entertaining dogs can be”. With practice, the tricks they were performing can be done right in your back yard for your friends and family to see!

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Dog Training - Why Training Is Vital

The word ‘vital’ has its roots in the Latin word for life. That gives us a clue to why dog training is so important, both for owner and dog - it enhances the quality of life for each.

Though dogs have been domesticated for thousands of years, they still have much of the wild in their natures. They adapt well to home life, but they are still dogs, not furry small children. Training helps maximize peace and security for both the dog and the family.

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All Natural Dog Food

Pets are member of our family moreover; they need special attention in the matters of food. There are many advantages of feeding natural foods to dogs. All natural dog food is very rich in vitamin E and C, which is very important for their body. Vitamin E keeps their coat glowing and vitamin C is good for their bones. All these vitamins affect in the same manner as in a human body. Vitamin such as, beta-carotene is helpful in removing toxins from the body commonly known as free radicals.

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The dog training business sounds to alot of people like a very easy job. After all we work with furry little cuties all day and set our own schedule right…wrong! We have both proudly served as sworn law enforcement with a combination of 17 years experience and niether one of us knew exactly how “cut throat” this industry can be until we were deep in this thing. As a dog trainer you must first know how to train a dog and understand dog behavior (that is the easy part), you must also understand politics, have great rapport with people, and sometimes you must act as a counselor to many of your clients and students.

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Please join us for The Bowman Center Fur Ball located at the Black Angus Grill and Mayo’s Restaurant in Statesville, North Carolina on February 7th from 6pm until midnight!

New Orleans Fare will be served from 6pm until 8pm and you can also enjoy live music by Nostalgia from 8pm until midnight!

Door Prizes for Best: Masks, Dressed, and Dancers

Silent Auction

Benefits go to the Dr. Diana Bowman Adoption Center

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