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How to Have a Zen Dog Podcast — Mastering the 7 Essential Lessons
How to Have a Zen Dog is a podcast that gives listeners the inside story about the Zen Dog Training approach and explains many of our methods and techniques so you can try Zen Dog Training at home with your dog. This episode covers the 7 Essential Puppy Lessons every...
The Zen Dog Way
Zen Dog Training Way Manage | Train | Interrupt — these 3 training options encompass Zen Dog Training MANAGE Managing means focusing people on creating situations where they control the outcome. This option depends on people optimizing the environment so...
Shy, Fearful, or Protective Dog Training — Five Common Training Mistakes
People tend to make several common mistakes when trying to improve how their dog feels about meeting new people, visiting new places, and encountering new things. Even people who work with dog training experts make mistakes that can slow down the training process....
How to Socialize a Puppy to Touch
Torture your Puppy?! When it comes to raising a Zen Dog, there are 7 Essential Puppy Lessons every new owner must master. However, the lesson that is most important to veterinarians, groomers, parents and owners who want their dog to grow into a canine good citizen...
Why Zen Dog Training?
The methods you choose for training your dog matter. Dog training in general has boiled down into two camps, with the all-positive-all-the-time (think: treats and clickers) at one extreme and on the other side, alpha-dog methods that encourage “dominance or...
Dog Daycare Best Practices
Successful dog daycares understand canine body language and have a systematic process to evaluate potential dogs. Staff members have the resources to determine which dogs are a good fit for the group, and know what types of temperament and play styles tend to do...
To Look, or Not to Look?
To Look, or Not to Look? You have probably heard many people say that “A dog is a man’s best friend,” or “I like dogs more because of the unconditional love they give.” If you have had a dog before, you know that both of those statements are pretty close to true. We...
Three’s a Crowd
How To Teach an Older Dog to Stop Sleeping in the Bed Meet Daisy, an adorable and loving seven-year old Shih Tzu who was raised and cared for by her mom, Marina, since she was a puppy. Daisy is quite the lucky and well-loved pup; she rarely leaves Marina’s side. She...