Archive for September, 2007

Clicker Train Your German Shepherd

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When it comes to training methods, clicker training is the most exciting, relationship-building method available. There are as many ways to train dogs as there are trainers, some healthy for dog and human and some not.
For German Shepherd owners, hardly anything is as exciting as realizing your super-talented, beautiful friend is […]

Don’t Buy That Puppy In The Window

Amid the rolling farmland and scenic sunsets of the Midwest, picture this scene: German Shepherds crammed into tiny cages, elevated over piles of feces. A recent mother sits in one of these cages with pups, her coat filthy, eyes matted and her body thin and dehydrated. Neither she nor the pups have any protection against […]

Teach Your Dog His Name - For Real, Though

If I had a dollar for every time a dog training client insisted, “Oh, he knows his name!”, and then proceeded to demonstrate by calling her dog repeatedly while the pooch is busily sniffing the ground in front of him — I’d have enough money to buy all my readers an ice cream (or beer, […]


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