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Love Hate Relationships – Solving Family Dog Aggression – Dog Trainers in Miami
As Valentine’s Day is coming up, I thought this week’s post should be related to love. In an ideal world, everyone would get along: we’d never fight with our loved ones, and all our pets would love each other and be best friends forever. But what happens when that...
The Reality of Having a Dog Aggressive (or Reactive) Dog – Miami Dog Training
Miami, Florida -- Every Saturday morning at 8:30AM I teach my manners maintenance class for graduates of our board and train program. The class is specially designed for students whose dogs have already aquired the necessary skills for success to practice those skills...
Don’t Bully My Breed – Pittbulls, Staffordshire Terriers, and American Bulldogs – Dog Trainer Miami
I've always had Labradors or Border Collies as my faithful companions. They live in my home, we do dog sports together, trick dog training, hiking and camping. It's funny to me, but dog breed types really do tend to stay in the family. Often times I ask my clients...
Dog Trainer Job – Miami, Florida. Now Hiring.
Seeking Private In-Home Instructor + Boarding and Training (IKT) Trainer Applause Your Paws, Inc. (AYP) is Miami's largest reward-based dog training company. We've got a great thing going, and are motivated to find the next awesome member of our dog training family....
Best of 2015 – Dog Trainer in Miami, Florida
Thank you, doggie lovers, for making us Thumbtack's BEST OF 2015 for our dog and puppy training services in Miami, Florida. We were so excited to learn that we earned the BEST OF award from yet another, user-review based site. We've been the highest user rated...
How to Train Your Dog to Go to Place (Bed) – South Florida Dog Training
Training a dog isn't always about using food. Often, dogs are motivated just to play! If you can use play to your advantage, play can be a huge reinforcer for dogs and a very effective way to train and maintain obedience and manners. In this video, I am using a tennis...
Shaping Behavior: The importance of setting criteria
Just because I'm a professional dog trainer doesn't mean I never make training mistakes. I'm a dog trainer, not a super human. Thousands of dogs later sometimes even I still set criteria too high for a dog to be successful. Yet, being able to quickly recognize when...
The Third Time is a Charm – Dog Trainers in Miami – Results Driven and Experienced.
I'm sure it's the same in every industry, but in the dog training industry we often joke that the only thing dog trainers can agree on is that the "other" dog trainer is wrong. But is it really a matter of right and wrong? I think not. I think it's a matter of...
Training a Stand Stay – Platform Training – Dog Obedience Miami Florida
Wally the Rough Collie puppy came in for some refresher training while his people went to enjoy a week in the Bahamas! Wally absolutely loved his board and train refresher course. Not only did he get to play with his dog friends everyday, but he got to work on...
Train your Dog to Wait at the Door: Preventing Door Dashing – Dog Trainers in Miami
One of the most dangerous and frustrating dog behaviors is door dashing. Any dog that runs out the front door is liable to get hit by a car, be attacked by another dog or lost/ stolen and no one wants that! Below we will list a few simple steps to help you get started...
Train to Adopt – South Florida Board and Train – Miami Dog Training
Here at Applause Your Paws dog training we believe in second chances. Many of you know about the program that we run, Second Chance Dog Training, in partnership with Miami Dade Animal Services and Miami Dade County Corrections. What you might not know is that since...
The Truth About Cats and Dogs – South Florida Dog Training
The Truth about Cats and Dogs “Applause Your Paws Dog Training, this is Dee, how can I help you?” “Hi, I just brought home a new rescue dog. He’s chasing the cat and my cat is terrified. I’m afraid he’s going to hurt the cat. Can you train him to not chase my...
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