Today Margaret and Damian will be continuing our discussion on teaching Stay the easy way by talking about Practicing stay to be successful!This cast is short, but gives you detailed tips on the best ways to practice for success as well as how to build a solid foundation so next week we can work on working with stay around distractions!Enjoy, and if you have questions or comments, please visit us and post a question on our message board at www.creativedogtraining.com

Today we are starting a 3 part podcast to give you the steps to teach stay the easy way!This week M&D will be laying the foundation with the teaching phase.We will give you simple steps to teach your dog what the command means as well as how to handle it when he gets up, and why that's a good thing!So work hard this week on teaching and next week we will work on practicing!Enjoy, and if you have questions or comments, please visit us and post a question on our message board at www.creativedogtraining.com

Continuing our Series on Respect we are talking today about the Command 'No'.Margaret and Damian will be talking about our philosophy of why we call the word 'No' a command.We will also discuss 'No' alternatives for situations like barking, jumping up, stealing objects, etc!Enjoy, and if you have questions or comments, please visit us and post a question on our message board at www.creativedogtraining.com

Continuing our Series on Respect we are talking about today about Come when Called.Margaret and Damian have talked about Come when Called before, but today we will be looking at it from a different angle. Showing you how to build respect and leverage respect to teach and use Come, as well as how to use your dogs natural thoughts and drives (Pack Drive, Prey Drive, and Defense Drive) to make training and using Come easier with your dog!And we will finish up with some fun games to teach Come that you can use with the whole family!Enjoy, and if you have questions or comments, please visit us and post a question on our message board at www.creativedogtraining.com

Today Margaret and Damian will be talking about our next topic in the Respect Series - Goalie.Goalie is a fun game we use to teach our dogs respect for us, space, the couch, windows they bark out of, kitchen counters, etc. etc. Basically it is an effective tool for teaching respect for space around anything. We will give you the steps for teaching Goalie, as well as some tips on using it and common issues you may see!Enjoy, and if you have questions or comments, please visit us and post a question on our message board at www.creativedogtraining.com

Today Margaret and Damian will be talking about our first topic in the Respect Series - Settle Down.Settle Down is our first command to teach and build respect. And today we show you how to teach 3 Levels of Settle Down as well as Troubleshoot the problems you are having when teaching!Enjoy, and if you have questions or comments, please visit us and post a question on our message board at www.creativedogtraining.com

Margaret and Damian will be talking about something that is the cornerstone of our training, Respect.For us, Respect is the key that gets your dog to do something when he has the choice not to! (Think off leash and Come when called)So we will lay out our ideas of Respect, give you some ways to test for respect from your dog, and talk about a few ways to give back a little respect to your dog!Enjoy, and if you have questions or comments, please visit us and post a question on our message board at www.creativedogtraining.com

This is Part 2 of 2Margaret and Damian talked last week about how to test and document any issues your dog may have with Handling and Restraint. This week they will be talking about steps to take to improve any issues you found during last weeks test, from trimming your dogs nails, to brushing your dog, to giving them a big hug!Just remember, this is a VERY overlooked subject, but one that will not only make your relationship with your dog better, but it could effectively save his life! Teaching your dog to accept Handling and Gentle Restraint.This is Part 2 of a 2 part podcast, so if you haven't listened to Part 1, please do so first!

This is Part 1 of 2Margaret and Damian will be talking about a VERY overlooked subject, but one that will not only make your relationship with your dog better, but it could effectively save his life! Teaching your dog to accept Handling and Gentle Restraint.It is a fact of life for our dogs that we must handle or gently restrain them from time to time. Whether it is a vet visit, to dry their paws off, give a pill, or trim their nails.This is a 2 part podcast.Today, we will give you the steps to test and document any issues your dog may have. Next week we will talk about how to teach your dog to accept Handling and Gentle Restraint happily!

Margaret and Damian will be talking about an often overlooked subject, Living with More than One Dog. The key to living happily with multiple dogs is for you to be the pack leader. Your dogs will decide amongst themselves what their pecking order is. Each dog in you pack however must understand that all family members are above the dogs! This is sometimes easier said than done! This is sure to be the first of many casts on this subject. So today we offer you our tips to living with more than one dog! We discuss, determining when dogs are getting too rough, dog loyalty test, learning and avoiding "dog fight" hot spots in your house, improving training for your 2 dogs, and how to build a strong relationship with both dogs!Enjoy, and if you have questions or comments, please visit us and post a question on our message board at www.creativedogtraining.com