Koinonia Dogs’ Blog

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Teaching a Dog to Enjoy Nail Trims

Does your dog dislike having his feet handled? Did you know you can teach your dog to enjoy these activities and even choose to participate in them?

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Leighann Hurley, CPDT-KA Leighann Hurley, CPDT-KA

How to Fix Destructive Chewing

Ah, chewing. The behavior problem that leaves your belongings in shreds and costs you hours in clean up and hundreds in repair and replacement.

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Leighann Hurley, CPDT-KA Leighann Hurley, CPDT-KA

How to Stop Leash Pulling

Fixing leash manners involves fixing attention. We need to get handler and dog moving together as a unit—speeding up and slowing down together.

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Leighann Hurley, CPDT-KA Leighann Hurley, CPDT-KA

Preventing Aggression in Puppies

The puppy you brought home is so adorable and sweet. As you dream of life together in the coming years, aggression is definitely not invited to the party.

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Leighann Hurley, CPDT-KA Leighann Hurley, CPDT-KA

How to Actually Socialize Your Puppy

Socialization is the process of carefully exposing a puppy to new people, places, sounds, activities and objects to create pleasant associations. It’s an extremely important topic! Follow these tips to get the most out of your socialization efforts.

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Leighann Hurley, CPDT-KA Leighann Hurley, CPDT-KA

What Should I Teach My Puppy First?

Puppies can be overwhelming. While trying to keep your head above water with the house training and biting, you’re also wondering about socialization and basic obedience and jumping and pulling on the leash. There’s so much! What needs to be taught and when?

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