Camp Ruff Ruff's Dog Training Blog Archive

Some of the Easiest Housebreaking Techniques for Your Dog or Puppy

Housebreaking   Housebreaking or potty training your pup is a must for harmonious living indoors with the family. ...
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Setting Your Dog Up for Success with Self-Control

 Setting Your Dog Up for Success with Self-Control    Self-control, whether in your grey-muzzled best friend or in ...
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How Your Pets’ Health Affects Their Behavior

How Your Pets’ Health Affects Their Behavior   In the 1800’s of Tsavo, Kenya, the local rail workers ...
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How to Choose a Dog Food That’s Actually Good for Your Dog

How to Choose a Dog Food That's Actually Good for Your Dog   Anyone who has recently visited ...
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Five Ways You Can Prepare to Own Your First Pet

 Owning a pet is a privilege. Yet, if you've never had one before, you may be overwhelmed by ...
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How to Survive Your Puppy Teething Stage

How to Survive Your Puppy Teething Stage   So, you've brought your little fluff ball home and everything ...
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Dog Parks: Outdated Menace or Tool for Socialization?

 Dog Parks: Outdated Menace or Tool for Socialization?  How to evaluate and use your local dog park to ...
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Hurricane Pet Dog Go Bag

Camp Ruff Ruff has been around dogs 24 hours a day 7 days a week for over a ...
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Seizures and Your Senior Dog

 Seizures and Your Senior Dog    As senior dogs approach the sunset of their lives, they may begin ...
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How to Choose the Best Care for Your Dog When Away

 How to Choose the Best Care for Your Dog When Away    So, you're going on a trip ...
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Common Socialization Pitfalls and What to Do Instead

Common Socialization Pitfalls and What to Do Instead Many pet parents come to dog trainers with behaviors that ...
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Tips on How to Recognize and Avoid Heat Stroke

 Tips on How to Recognize and Avoid Heat Stroke    Did you know that the dog-days of summer ...
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Hydrotherapy and your Dog

 Hydrotherapy and your Dog  Does your dog struggle to get in his daily dose of exercise due to ...
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Realistic Expectations for Training Based on Age

 Realistic Expectations for Training Based on Age  For many new dog owners excited to bring their puppy home, ...
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When You Should Start Training Your Puppy

 When You Should Start Training Your Puppy  Ask a group of dog trainers when the best age is ...
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Dog Urine Marking | Important Behind-the-Scene Communication

Dog Urine Marking: Important Behind-the-Scene Communication!  Urine, often the source of woe for many homeowners training a new ...
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Should you use retractable leashes to walk your dog?

 Should you use retractable leashes to walk your dog?  Going for a walk with your dog is one ...
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Top 10 Things Humans Do That Dogs Hate

 Top 10 Things Humans Do That Dogs Hate    Relationships between humans and dogs can be complex. If ...
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Are Dogs Pack Animals?

 Are Dogs Pack Animals?    In the last decade, the mantra of many dog trainers has been the ...
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Beach Safety for You and Your Dog

 Beach Safety for You and Your Dog  You know Summer has arrived when you can pack up the ...
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Why Dogs Eat Grass?

Why Dogs Eat Grass?    Your dog does some very quirky things - they prefer sitting on you ...
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Chlorine and Your Dog – Should You Be Worried?

 Chlorine and Your Dog - Should You Be Worried?    The barbeques are firing up, ice cream trucks ...
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Leash Reactive Dogs

   Leash Reactive Dogs    Frequent dog walkers know leash reactive dogs even if they've never had a ...
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When Not to Feel Guilty for Training Management

   When Not to Feel Guilty for Training Management    My bulldog, lovely bumble-foot that she is, loves ...
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Making Peace with Multiple Dogs

 Making Peace with Multiple Dogs    No matter how many dog pileups are in your bed, how many ...
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Resource Guarding: What It Looks Like and What to Do

   Resource Guarding: What It Looks Like and What to Do    While food aggression or resource guarding ...
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How To Deal With A Mouthy Puppy

 How to Deal with a Mouthy Puppy    Part of bringing home a puppy is going through the ...
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 5 Tips When Bringing Home Your New Dog 

 5 Tips When Bringing Home Your New Dog    Your first dog home is an exciting and memorable ...
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The Importance of Puppy Socialization

 The Importance of Puppy Socialization    The most common training problems in adult dogs are, surprisingly, the result ...
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The Use of Meta-Communication in Dog Play | Metacommunications

 Dogs at Play Are Hard at Work    You hear it all the time; socialize a new puppy ...
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