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Riding the Wave

10/9/2017

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For dog owners, there is nothing worse than when you are out in public and your dog lunges, barks, or aggresses towards another dog or person in any way. Many people see this and instantly judge you as a bad dog owner walking around with a dog that isn’t safe. 
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For many, when this sort of thing happens, right or wrong, they give up. At the end of the day people want a dog that can walk side-by-side with them in their lives and going through something as embarrassing as a wild, bucking, dangerous looking dog while your neighbors look at you and judge everything you’re doing wrong wasn’t on the menu when you picked up that puppy or that rescue dog at the shelter
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Riding the wave with Reece
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Still riding the wave with Reece

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11 Steps to Improve Leash Aggression

12/8/2015

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One of the biggest things I see in the world of dogs is dogs who blow up at other dogs when they are on leash. They aren’t necessarily aggressive with dogs in all situations, but their lunging, barking and pulling towards other dogs is certainly unacceptable behavior that needs to be addressed.

Leash aggression (or leash reactivity as it is often called) is an incredibly frustrating thing for you and your dog to live with. It makes enjoying your dog a very difficult task and the responsibility is on you to solve it. You don’t have to live this way and it is important as a pack leader and a dog owner to take this unnecessary stress away from your dog.
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While quick fixes aren’t always an option for your leash aggressive dog, here are some tips to start solving the problem:

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The One Thing That Can Dramatically Improve Your Out-of-Control Dog

11/9/2015

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Often times my clients’ houses are pure chaos - dogs dashing around the house, jumping on people, bouncing off the furniture, barking at windows. An awesome first question is “when everything is wrong, where do I start?”  
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While there is no one-size-fits-all approach – generally speaking, I like people to start with two things: 1) Learn how to walk the dog appropriately, and 2) tether the dog to a person in the house. 

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Board & Train Update: Shandy, the Leash Reactive Sweetie

10/30/2015

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We're coming to the end of our latest board & train client's time with AWDT and reflecting on how far she has come! Shandy is a sweet girl with great foundational training; however, like with so many dogs I see, she can become very reactive on-leash. As a HUGE proponent of off-leash training, we spent a lot of time e-collar training with a long lead and giving her plenty of exposure to other dogs while on-leash. After her two week stay with us, she can now walk on and off leash and can interact with other dogs stress-free!

Check out these videos of her progress! 

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Nightmare on Elmer Street: Day 1 at AWDT

5/19/2015

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Elmer 1

Meet Elmer, a lovable French Bulldog and our latest board and train client. He's a swell guy most of the time - he's even pretty enjoyable to be around. So why is he at AWDT right now? Check out Elmer getting dropped of on Day 1:


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Meet Breakfast - the most important dog of the day

1/9/2015

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Breakfast checked in as our new resident board & train last weekend, and he is already making incredible strides.

Breakfast suffers from the relatively common behavior problem of “leash reactivity” or “leash aggression” – which for the most part means that when he is on a leash and he sees something like a dog or a person, he goes crazy for it – pulling, lunging, etc.

He is also high energy pit bull that hasn’t had a bunch of opportunity to be around other dogs, because he isn’t quite sure how to act around other dogs.

He was adopted a few months ago from the Mega adoption event, and before that he was tied to a house and abandoned there by a family who moved away.

In spite of all that he is in a loving home now and he is here learning how to be around other dogs and how to be a little more manageable for his new, loving owner.

The first few days of a board and train, especially one that hasn’t been socializing with dogs, is to learn how to fit in with the fun personalities that live at AWDT. Check out the super excited Breakfast meeting the pack:




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Old Dogs, New Beginnings: Stories of Success

12/1/2014

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This weekend AWDT spent some time helping older dogs set a new course in their lives. 
 
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(Above) Old Warners taking old Benjamin home (Right) Cuddling up during a buckeye football party
The Stray GSD Mix

Firstly, as many of you know, my wife Tracy corralled a stray dog about two weeks ago, and since then he has been living with us, assimilating with the pack and looking for someone to take him in.  

We are proud to report that this old guy has found a home with the coolest family on earth. He is now relaxing in Columbus, Ohio with Andrew's parents. We named him Benjamin while he was here and since we learned he mostly likes to sit around and watch TV, we figured he'd be a perfect match for our parents in Ohio.  

After his first weekend there, we're happy to hear that he is making new friends everyday and that he is already having a great time off-leash at the dog park. I'm sad to report that he loves the Ohio State Buckeyes and Buckeye football parties, but we can't all be perfect. 

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Why Your Dog Needs to be Trained Off-leash

11/14/2014

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So many of the dogs I work with are wonderful, well-mannered dogs -- until you put a leash on them, which promptly turns them into monsters that want to destroy other dogs. This is something that trainers call "leash reactivity." It comes about because we put a leash on our dogs when they are puppies and it's primary function is to keep them from everything they want in the world - other dogs, fire hydrants, new people, new smells, etc. 

To these dogs, everything they love in the world just signals frustration which makes them go ballistic

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