Sam Nichols's Articles in Home-and-Family


  • Dog Training Equipment And Tools
    There are some tools that every trainer needs to do his job. There are a number of purposes that dog training equipment has, but in general it has specific functions to make the dog perform certain things, to get control over him or to train him faster.

  • How To Start Training A Dog For Agility
    You should start training your dog for agility while he is a puppy. But, it's possible to do it even if the dog is older. Getting your dog started with training should be done once you know if he isn't too old for it.

  • How Training Dog Collars Can Be Counterproductive Sometimes
    If you're not a professional dog trainer, you might confuse control with dog training. It's not the same thing. When you pair a human with a dog, the human will always want to have the control. That's usually OK, unless the human over does it, abusing the control he has over the dog.

  • Hunting Dog Training †Some Things To Consider
    When people hunt small prey, they usually use hunting dogs to bring their kills. If hunting dogs didn't exist, hunters would need to go find the prey they hit on their own, losing time. A hunting dog that is trained properly will reduce the amount of useless work that the hunter needs to do.

  • Puppy Potty Training †Learning The Basics
    In most cases, potty training is done with puppies, but there are plenty of dogs that haven't learned when and where is fine to poop. Even with the popularity that housetraining had in recent years, a lot of people haven't housetrained their dogs yet. Don't underestimate the confidence that having a housetrained dog can bri ...

  • Service Dog Training: How To Prepare Your Dog
    Assistance dogs come in a variety of types: guiding dogs, hearing dogs and service dogs. At their core, all trainings aim to do the same thing: train a dog to help people that can't do their daily tasks properly because they have some disabilities. Such dogs will help people that have problems with their sight or hearing.

  • The Three Main Principles Of Dog Obedience Training
    Dogs will always need obedience training, at least at a basic level. This is true even if the breed is well designed to fit the needs that humans have. You need a minimum level of obedience training because you can't expect them to learn what you want on their own. There are some principles behind obedience training that in ...

  • Therapy Dog Training †The Benefits Of A Visiting Dog
    In some cases, people need a lot more attention, love and support than normal. This happens especially when they are sick. But, the unfortunate truth is that people generally don't have the patience or time to help these sick people. This is where dog therapy training comes in play, teaching dogs how to help these people an ...

  • Things To Consider Before You Go For A Dog Training Career
    While a lot of people will become dog training careers because it's something that a lot of people do, there are others who actually do it because they love dogs and feel that this is a career that they want to pursue.

  • Tips On How To Crate Train Your Dog The Right Way
    Once your dog is used with the crate, you should lock the dog inside. You can go away for a bit and watch from a distance to see how he calms down. If you see him protest, keep him inside until he calms down. Let him go only when he does. If you do this for a few days, he should be learning to enter and exit the crate on hi ...

  • Training Your Dog The Right Way
    A lot of dog owners want to train their dogs either for housebreaking or competition purposes. There are many advantages to training your dog. Well trained dogs are easier to take care of. And you can also use the pet for several purposes other than merely making it your best friend.

  • What Trainings Are Involved In Rescue Dog Training
    There are plenty of reasons why dogs are considered best friends of men, and one of these reasons is their usefulness in emergency situations. Just like it happens with agility and obedience training, rescue dog training requires for a few principles to be observed.

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