On Leadership and Training
Photo Courtesy Robyn Arouty Photography Michael Baugh, CPDT-KA, CDBC I was looking at my dog, Stella, this morning and wondering to myself, does she really want me to be her leader? It was obvious by...
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(from All Things Dog Blog – Ask the Dog Trainer) Dear Trainer: We adopted our 10 year old Bichon 3 years ago, when his elderly owner became disabled. He settled in with us just fine immediately and...
View ArticleHelping a Dog Meet Baby
Michael Baugh, CPDT-KA, CDBC Dear Michael: My daughter has a 4 month old baby. Since his birth, my tiny dog has been nothing short of a nightmare around him. He wants to get close and lick him and...
View ArticleCrate Complications
Michael Baugh CPDT-KA, CDBC To: Ask the dog trainer column My little heinz 57 rescue dog is almost perfect. She is quite well crate trained but has 2 odd quirks. When I got her a new crate that has a...
View ArticlePotty Signals
Michael Baugh CPDT-KA, CDBC (from All Things Dog Blog) Dear Trainer: Skittles’ quirk is her very quiet way of telling us she needs to go outside. I hear her because she generally sticks to me like...
View ArticleHelping a Fearful Dog
Michael Baugh, CPDT-KA, CDBC (from All Things Dog blog) Dear Michael: My wife and I have a very sweet, intelligent, food-loving, 2 year old female Rough Collie. She is great on a leash, eager to...
View ArticleAdding Another Dog to your Family
Michael Baugh CPDT-KA, CDBC Dear Michael: Hello! I’m wanting to get another dog. I already have a German Shepherd who is 3 and he’s my world! But I would love another. The problem is he is very...
View ArticleMy Dog Climbs the Fence
Michael Baugh CPDT-KA, CDBC Dear Trainer: Our dog, Zora, keeps climbing the fence! We live in a rented house so we don’t really have the option of changing or upgrading the fencing. We’ve lived here...
View ArticleHigh Rise Potty Training
Michael Baugh, CPDT-KA, CDBC Dear Michael; I just got a little furry baby from the rescue in my area. She is a mix of who knows what, cute and cuddly with curly fur. I live in a high rise apartment...
View ArticleThe Case of the Whining Greyhound
Michael Baugh CPDT-KA, CDBC (from all things dog blog): I have a situation I’d like to submit for the Ask a Trainer posts. My dog, Desmond, whines nearly all night long. He’s sleeps in our bedroom, in...
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