Training is such a huge part of owning a dog, it’s all fun with training commands to show your friends like paw, shake, jump, spin but you can’t forget about the basics and most important commands for your dog to know! In this post we will be going through what we consider the 5 most… Continue reading How to Train The 5 Most Essential Commands
Tag: Obedience
2 Exciting Tricks and How to Train Them!
One of the best things about dog training is you can get creative and come up with some pretty unique tricks and combos to have fun with your dog! Well to help inspire you, in this post we’ll be discussing how to train 2 exciting tricks that will be sure to impress your friends! So,… Continue reading 2 Exciting Tricks and How to Train Them!
The Simple Solution to Jumping
Looking back on all our blog posts, you’ve got to wonder, how have we not covered this topic yet? Well, we honestly don’t know. Jumping is such a common behaviour in dogs that owners and other people try to discourage. Yet, a lot of the dogs you greet will give you a nice excitable greeting!… Continue reading The Simple Solution to Jumping
20 Fun Commands to Teach Your Dog
Welcome to our first blog post of 2024! So, let’s start off with one that will keep you and your pooch busy… 20 training commands! If you’re in that situation where you’ve got down the basics and are just looking for something a little more exciting, this is for you! In this post we’ll go… Continue reading 20 Fun Commands to Teach Your Dog
The 4 Best Dog Treats to Spoil Your Pooch
Are you looking for some dog treats to spoil your dog? Maybe it’s their birthday or you just want to give them a special day… Well, in this post we will share our top 4 Dog Treats for your pooch to enjoy! Some of these will be generic brands that we love, and others will… Continue reading The 4 Best Dog Treats to Spoil Your Pooch
Our Overall Guide to Scent Work | The Scent Work Series
Welcome to the final post of The Scent Work Series! In this post, we will share our overall guide to get started in scent work also diving into problems we ran into in our SW journey and how to fix them! A big thanks to everyone who has been following along with this series and… Continue reading Our Overall Guide to Scent Work | The Scent Work Series
Session 4, 5 & 6 | The Scent Work Series
Juliette Mylius | 17 August 2023 Welcome back to this series! By now we are well into training, and it is going well. As you may have noticed, this post is structured like our last training session article of the series: a few sessions combined because they all are very similar. In this post we… Continue reading Session 4, 5 & 6 | The Scent Work Series
Clicker Training: How To Use A Dog Training Clicker
What is clicker training? There is one sort of training method that we have rarely mentioned on the Practice Paws website, not to mention, it’s a big one in the dog training world. Yup, clicker training. But what is it? Well clicker training is basically an approach to positive reinforcement. And it all revolves around… Continue reading Clicker Training: How To Use A Dog Training Clicker
The Best Way To Structure Your Training Sessions
You may have wondered, what should be the most effective training method structure? And how can I best set out my dog training sessions? In this post we will really be diving into the actual topic of training session structure. If you are new to dog training, this could be a great short post for… Continue reading The Best Way To Structure Your Training Sessions
How to Solve Common Roadblocks in Agility Training
Agility training is so much fun, but it can become frustrating when you are running into the same problem again and again. You just want to fix it, but you don’t know how, so you just ignore it and keep running the course. Every single time your dog is getting more used to performing that… Continue reading How to Solve Common Roadblocks in Agility Training