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Does your dog flip out when you, or your veterinarian or groomer tries to cut his nails or touch his feet? Dogs aren’t born being sensitive about their feet or having their nails trimmed.

Now, in this 6th audio tip you can discover how to prevent this problem and what to do if your dog won’t tolerate nail trims. You do NOT want to allow anyone to wrestle and pin your dog to the ground just to get his nails cut.

Look in the video category to see the results of acclimating a puppy to nail trims the right way, and then listen to this audio to learn how to get those results.

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In this 5th in an unlimited series of behavior and training tips, you’ll discover what behaviorists and research have to say about tug-of-war games.
Much of the popular dog training literature admonishes dog owners to NOT play tug of war, because it encourages your dog to compete against you. And if you allow your dog to win the game? Oh no, horrible things will happen.

True or false? Is tug of war a game doomed to cause problems, or can it be a great way to train your dog to NOT challenge you over toys? Listen to this audio tip and find out.

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Crates can be quite useful training and behavior management tools, but did you know you may be over-using yours?  How much time does your dog spend in the crate?  In this audio tip we’ll talk about what’s too much.

If you’ve read or been told that dogs are “denning” animals and therefore automatically take to crates, think again.  What does “denning” have to do with spending 8 hours in a crate?

And finally – there are specific circumstances in which it is dangerous to crate your dog.  Do you know what they are?

Learn all this and more in this audio training tip.  And if you want your dog to be happy home alone without getting into trouble you need our “Helping the Home Alone Fido” DVD program.

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We call it chaos at the door.  When the doorbell rings, does your dog run to the door, barking, maybe even growling with you running behind yelling at him to stop?

Or maybe your Fido isn’t that noisy when the bell rings, but he is all over visitors, jumping up, wanting to be the center of attention.  And he may even dash out the door if he has the chance.

Of course you could train  your dog to sit quietly – but that may be easier said than done and requires a time commitment.  In this audio tip, we give you a very simple way to stop your dog’s unruly behavior almost immediately.  This technique can also help fearful dogs as well.

 This technique can also be used if your dog is threatening or aggressive at the door, but you should take other precautions as well to ensure the safety of your visitors. 

Are you ready to hear about this easy procedure that even your children can use?  Then turn up your speakers and listen up!

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We have even more strategies for controlling your dog at the door in our Chaos at the Door CD.

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This audio tip is an important one.  Once again, we take another look at how popular buzzwords create confusion.  When choosing a trainer or behavior consultant, how these individuals use these words can give you important clues as to what kind of training methods they are likely to use.

This is such an important topic we’ve created an entire DVD on the topic called “Dangers of Dominance” - be sure and take a look at it after you listen to the audio tip.

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