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What We Dog Owners Live With
We were made aware of this video by our friend and colleague Dr. Marsha Heinke, a veterinary practice management consultant in Grafton OH. This musical video was made by one of her employees.
There’s no underlying education message connected to this, it’s just fun to watch and listen to. And knowing you love your dogs as much as we love ours, it brings a tear to our eyes to think what life would be like without — dog hair. We too would rather live with TONS of it, than not share our lives with our canine family members. Enjoy!
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Catch Your Fido on Video
We made this little 30 second video while we were in Playa del Carmen celebrating our birthdays and anniversary recently. We used an Ultra Flip Video camera and as you can see, the quality of the video and the sound is pretty darn good for such an inexpensive camera.
Why is this important to you?
Weather Related Housesoiling
There are many reasons why dogs soil in the house. This video illustrates one of them while at the same time showing you a typical spring snow storm in the Colorado Rockies!
Anytime your dog begins to housesoil, your first step should always be to check with your veterinarian to rule out medical problems. If a medical condition is not the cause, first go back to basic housetraining procedures. This means a regular schedule and NO punishment. If the problem persists, seek expert help from a certified dog trainer or certified applied or veterinary behaviorist.
Preventing Nail Trim Nightmares
WATCH THE VIDEO THEN READ THE ARTICLE
*Puppy class video from Puppessori and Christine Shedron, Golden CO
Puppies aren’t born hating or being afraid of nail trims and having their feet touched. They acquire these behaviors either because their owners fail to actively accustom their dogs to feet handling and nail trims, and/or because puppies have bad experiences with nail trims.
When you ask your veterinarian, groomer, or other pet professional to trim your dog’s nails, this procedure should require no more than two people. If 3 or more people are having to wrestle a frightened, defensive animal to the ground to cut his nails, there is no benefit to this to anyone.
Try a Calming Cap, use other passive restraints such as a head collar, or ask your veterinarian for medication to sedate and calm your dog.
Nail trims don’t have to be nightmare experiences. Watch the video above to see how puppies can learn to enjoy nail trims, resulting in adult dogs – in this case our Coral – who are relaxed and tail-wagging happy when trimming nails. You can use these same procedures if your dog already has a nail trim phobia, but you’ll just have to progress a whole lot slower in tiny baby steps.
These procedures are called counter conditioning and desensitization and you can learn more about how to implement them in our DVD program by the same name.