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Doing It All: Steps for Success

Step-by-step guide to effective dog training, from luring with rewards to proper corrections, ensuring clear communication and engagement.

Sandy McMillan·June 26, 2023·8 min read

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Sandra McCrady

Puppies

Puppy School: Raising Super Puppies to Become Super Dogs

Discover the importance of early training, puppy exercises, and lifelong lessons for optimal development and successful placement.

May 11, 20238 min read

Trimmed Poodle

Grooming

Acceptable Trims for the Poodle

Acceptable trims for Poodles in AKC Conformation competition, from the traditional English Saddle to the modern Modified Continental Clip.

May 4, 20234 min read

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Meet the Owner Handlers

What I’ve Learned about Habits from Being a Dog Show Judge

Sometimes it takes discipline to train your dog, so why not create a sequence of habits that makes you happy? Read more.

February 16, 20233 min read

Dog Training: Willful Disobedience or Just Poor Communication?

Connie Cleveland

Field Trials

Assuming the Worst

When training a dog, there is nothing more damaging to a relationship than assuming willful disobedience. Read more.

February 16, 20235 min read

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Puppies

The Nitty-Gritty of Clicker Training

Based on an operant conditioning bridging stimulus, clicker training is a positive reinforcement strategy for training animals. Read more.

February 14, 20237 min read

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Walter J. Sommerfelt

Breed Conservation

A Class Act – Showing Young Prospects

Showing our young dogs is a testament to our great breeders and our goals toward achieving perfection in our breeds.

January 7, 20236 min read

Boston terrier puppy

Barbara Andrews

Puppies

If You Are a Dog What Do You Do?

The fact that the dog loves PEOPLE in a way no other animal on earth can or ever will is an unsolved, but inarguable, genetic-creation mystery.

January 7, 20234 min read

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All About Judging

Understanding the German Wirehaired Pointer Coat

It’s important to note that the (GWP) German Wirehaired Pointer coat is this breed definition. Read more about the all important coat.

January 5, 20235 min read

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Dog Sports

Doing It All – Becoming a Team

To better understand our dogs and design an effective training program, we need to look at personality types. Read more.

December 7, 20228 min read

The Russian Toy

Jennifer Grebinoski

Agility

The Russian Toy Traits – Performance Potential in a Small Package

A very important quality for a small performance dog is confidence, and the Russian Toy traits include quite a bit of that quality.

December 1, 20225 min read

dog sniffing something in the grass

Puppies

Doing It All | Performance Puppy: Tracking

Tracking is a sport in which a tracklayer walks a predesigned trail, dropping objects for a tracking dog or a puppy to find.

November 25, 202212 min read

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Kimberly Flatley

Dog Sports

Exercise Tips and Tricks for a Strong Core

Kimberly Flatley of Fitness with Fido shares tips and tricks you can implement in your dog’s exercises to achieve a strong core.

November 24, 20223 min read

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