by Carrie Silva Wooddell | Aug 24, 2020 | Training
Service Dogs Trained At The Doghouse The ADA defines a service dog as being individually trained to perform tasks for its owner’s disability. The tasks directly correlate to the disability. The Doghouse is very selective about the dogs we take that will be...
by Carrie Silva Wooddell | Aug 21, 2020 | Bite Prevention, News
Recent news from doctors has reported a “surge” in dog bites directed towards children over the last six months. Based on the response from one of the news anchors repeating the story, its easy to see why. Her comment was, “This study is hard to...
by Carrie Silva Wooddell | Aug 20, 2020 | Dog Training
Teaching your dog and toddler a healthy T-ball game is a great bonding exercise for your family. When kids and dogs play together, the goal is to keep the dog in a state of mind where the focus is not on the child running or being active, but instead, they can channel...
by Carrie Silva Wooddell | Aug 19, 2020 | Bite Prevention
5 Solutions To Help Your Toddler And Dog Bond When parents describe their family pet as being fantastic with their toddlers and then in the next sentence, tell me how your child can pull your dog’s ears, jump on them, wrestle, and pinch them without the dog...
by Carrie Silva Wooddell | Aug 7, 2020 | Featured, Training
The worst reason to use Haltis in dog training is to teach your dog the “heel” command. Haltis and Gentle Leaders are not magical training collars that teach your dog to walk with a loose leash. Instead, the intent behind these tools is to reduce your...