Archive for month: January, 2011
31 January, 2011 (14:39) | Blogs To Help You Train Your Dog | By: DogSmith
Abstract Certified and professional dog trainers have science on their side. Dog training methods used by educated and well versed dog trainers are based on sound scientific principles that really do work. A good people trainer can take the complex world of learning theory and put it into a methodology that a pet dog owner [...]
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31 January, 2011 (14:30) | Pet Care Articles & Tips | By: DogSmith
MERRICK PET CARE RECALLS JR TEXAS TAFFY PET TREAT (ITEM # 27077, ALL LOTS UP TO AND INCLUDING 10364) BECAUSE OF POSSIBLE SALMONELLA HEALTH RISK Contact: Customer Inquiries (800) 664-7387 James Witcher, COO (806) 322-2806 FOR IMMIDIATE RELEASE – January 28, 2010 – Merrick Pet Care, Inc. of Amarillo, Texas is recalling the Jr. Texas [...]
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31 January, 2011 (09:57) | Blogs To Help You Train Your Dog | By: DogSmith
A New Study Reveals Some Answers By Sophia Yin, DVM, MS Trainers often debate about the use of electronic shock collars. Some trainers find these collars unethical and unsafe. The pro-collar camp takes a different stance. Some say it just distracts the dog, calling it “tap technology” and others say it may be painful at [...]
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31 January, 2011 (09:40) | The DogSmith Company News & Views | By: DogSmith
The DogSmith Canine Rescue Resource Program is a two tiered approach which provides support, education and assistance to animal rescue groups and offers educational seminars and discounted training services to animal adopters. We believe by doing this we help increase the adoptability of dogs and cats from a shelter environment, help reduce the number of [...]
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31 January, 2011 (09:33) | Blogs To Help You Train Your Dog | By: DogSmith
Your local DogSmith offers several group training options starting from puppy classes and progressing to Pet Dog “Canine Good Citizen”™ classes. If you have graduated from a beginner level dog training class and wish to develop off-leash skills focusing on distance and duration behaviors then talk to us about our Off-Leash advanced obedience classes. Want [...]
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30 January, 2011 (13:55) | Blogs To Help You Train Your Dog | By: DogSmith
Few things bring more enjoyment to your dog than the reward of a treat. And it makes us feel good, too. The very act of giving a treat helps to solidify the bond that we share with our canine companions.Unfortunately, many of the canine snacks available on the market today are non-nutritive “junk foods”, that [...]
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30 January, 2011 (08:55) | The DogSmith Canine Rescue Resources Program | By: DogSmith
A woman returned a rescue dog to a kennels, saying that it clashed with her curtains. 9:30AM GMT 28 Jan 2011 The woman, who has not been named, picked up the Jack Russell called Harvey from the Jasmil Kennels and Cattery in Lower Halstow, near Sittingbourne, in Kent – but brought the pooch back 48 [...]
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22 January, 2011 (19:38) | Blogs To Help You Train Your Dog | By: DogSmith
I have used traditional dog training methods in the past, why should I change my methods now? Because you can! Some of the more traditional dog training methods use corrections as the main form of communication. These methods were popular before we knew as much about dog behavior and training as we know now. The [...]
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22 January, 2011 (18:53) | Pet Care Articles & Tips | By: DogSmith
Cuddling with pets puts you at risk of catching some icky bugs, warns a report published in the February issue of Emerging Infectious Diseases, the public health journal of the Centers for Disease Contr
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22 January, 2011 (18:22) | Pet Products The DogSmith Reccomends | By: DogSmith
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