Dog Training Articles
Welcome to our Blog. Home Dog Training of Georgia has designed this site to provide our friends and neighbors in Georgia with valuable training and safety information for their dogs. We hope you find the information contained here helpful and informative. As you are aware, our goal is maintaining the safety and well being of your dog.
Also, you can visit our Dog Safety Material section for additional information and handouts.
How Do I Control My Crazy Dog in the Back Yard?
I was visiting one of my Home Dog Training clients in Marietta the other day to continue working with their great Bernese Mountain Dog. They were doing great and their dog was progressing quite well. The issue that they were experiencing was that several family...
What Should I Know About Dog Safety and Poisons Around My Home?
We were at a Doggie Day Care in Lawrenceville talking about dog training, safety, and socialization with the owner when one of her clients overheard the conversation and joined the conversation. She had a very important question. “With the kids (and me), there are...
How Do I Keep My Dog From Stealing Food From The Pantry?
I was at a Home Dog Training client in Johns Creek following up on some dog training issues regarding his Great Dane’s running out the front door. After about thirty minutes we had pretty much resolved that problem. We then switched to an entirely different type of...
How Should I Play With My Dog in the Pool?
We were at a Home Dog Training Session with a client in Milton regarding food aggression and dog socialization when his little daughter came running through the family room and out to the pool. “Oh, I have another dog training problem I would like you guys to solve...
Should I Give My Dog Treats? If So, What Kind of Dog Treats?
Last week Robin and I were at a Doggie-Palooza in Dahlonega. We always love participating in these events because of the opportunity to help so many of our friends and neighbors with their dogs. There were a lot of great questions and we had the opportunity to...
How Do I Stop My Dog from Begging at the Table?
I was at a dog training lesson last week in Dawsonville and my client asked one of the “classic misnomer” questions that many dog owners ask. It seems that Cali, her Poodle, is constantly begging for food whenever they are sitting down for dinner. She blames it on...
How Should I Prepare My Dog for the Start of School?
I was in Cumming last Wednesday with a new Home Dog Training client and his Morkie named Mischief. Mischief really wasn’t that mischievous and we corrected his issues of focus, barking, and stealing very quickly. As I was finishing up the session and writing some...
What Is Most Important to Have a Great Walk with My Dog?
I was at a new Home Dog Training session with a client in Gainesville with his Australian Shepherd, Lucy. In my client’s eyes, Lucy’s biggest problems were her jumping, nipping, and counter surfing. We were able to take care of these problems during the first session...
What Can I Do When My Dogs Are Nuts in the Back Yard?
I was in Flowery Branch last week to visit a prior Home Dog Training client and his Golden Retriever, Buddy. We had worked with Buddy over five years earlier when he was just a puppy. Everything worked just great and Buddy was a great dog. Over the last five years,...
What Does My Dog Really Want?
Robin and I were in Buford last Tuesday working with a new Home Dog Training client and his German Shorthaired Pointer named Larry. I didn't think that we had ever trained another dog named "Larry", so I had to ask the question "Why the name?". Our client responded...
What Precautions Should I Take When Playing With My Dog in the Summer Heat?
We were in Alpharetta working with a New Home Dog Training client and her two year old Rottweiler named Pedro. Pedro was a very high energy dog and that was causing most of their problems. He needed to understand rules and who was the boss because it appeared that...
How Can I Keep My Dog Safe and Happy this 4th of July?
Robin and I were in Suwanee last Wednesday working with a new Home Dog Training Client and his Bernedoodle named Bobbie. Bobbie was just over a year old and still had a lot of his "puppy precociousness". Our goal for the training was to give our client the ability to...
Dog Training Articles
Welcome to our Blog. Home Dog Training of Georgia has designed this site to provide our friends and neighbors in Georgia with valuable training and safety information for their dogs. We hope you find the information contained here helpful and informative. As you are aware, our goal is maintaining the safety and well being of your dog.
Also, you can visit our Dog Safety Material section for additional information and handouts.
How Do I Control My Crazy Dog in the Back Yard?
I was visiting one of my Home Dog Training clients in Marietta the other day to continue working with their great Bernese Mountain Dog. They were doing great and their dog was progressing quite well. The issue that they were experiencing was that several family...
What Should I Know About Dog Safety and Poisons Around My Home?
We were at a Doggie Day Care in Lawrenceville talking about dog training, safety, and socialization with the owner when one of her clients overheard the conversation and joined the conversation. She had a very important question. “With the kids (and me), there are...
How Do I Keep My Dog From Stealing Food From The Pantry?
I was at a Home Dog Training client in Johns Creek following up on some dog training issues regarding his Great Dane’s running out the front door. After about thirty minutes we had pretty much resolved that problem. We then switched to an entirely different type of...
How Should I Play With My Dog in the Pool?
We were at a Home Dog Training Session with a client in Milton regarding food aggression and dog socialization when his little daughter came running through the family room and out to the pool. “Oh, I have another dog training problem I would like you guys to solve...
Should I Give My Dog Treats? If So, What Kind of Dog Treats?
Last week Robin and I were at a Doggie-Palooza in Dahlonega. We always love participating in these events because of the opportunity to help so many of our friends and neighbors with their dogs. There were a lot of great questions and we had the opportunity to...
How Do I Stop My Dog from Begging at the Table?
I was at a dog training lesson last week in Dawsonville and my client asked one of the “classic misnomer” questions that many dog owners ask. It seems that Cali, her Poodle, is constantly begging for food whenever they are sitting down for dinner. She blames it on...
How Should I Prepare My Dog for the Start of School?
I was in Cumming last Wednesday with a new Home Dog Training client and his Morkie named Mischief. Mischief really wasn’t that mischievous and we corrected his issues of focus, barking, and stealing very quickly. As I was finishing up the session and writing some...
What Is Most Important to Have a Great Walk with My Dog?
I was at a new Home Dog Training session with a client in Gainesville with his Australian Shepherd, Lucy. In my client’s eyes, Lucy’s biggest problems were her jumping, nipping, and counter surfing. We were able to take care of these problems during the first session...
What Can I Do When My Dogs Are Nuts in the Back Yard?
I was in Flowery Branch last week to visit a prior Home Dog Training client and his Golden Retriever, Buddy. We had worked with Buddy over five years earlier when he was just a puppy. Everything worked just great and Buddy was a great dog. Over the last five years,...
What Does My Dog Really Want?
Robin and I were in Buford last Tuesday working with a new Home Dog Training client and his German Shorthaired Pointer named Larry. I didn't think that we had ever trained another dog named "Larry", so I had to ask the question "Why the name?". Our client responded...
What Precautions Should I Take When Playing With My Dog in the Summer Heat?
We were in Alpharetta working with a New Home Dog Training client and her two year old Rottweiler named Pedro. Pedro was a very high energy dog and that was causing most of their problems. He needed to understand rules and who was the boss because it appeared that...
How Can I Keep My Dog Safe and Happy this 4th of July?
Robin and I were in Suwanee last Wednesday working with a new Home Dog Training Client and his Bernedoodle named Bobbie. Bobbie was just over a year old and still had a lot of his "puppy precociousness". Our goal for the training was to give our client the ability to...