Camp Ruff Ruff's Dog Training Blog Archive

Finding the Perfect Home For Your Dog

 Finding the Perfect Home For Your Pooch, And How To Keep Them Safe On Moving Day   If ...
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Keep Your Pooch Out of the Doghouse with These Tips to Avoid Doggie Disasters

 Keep Your Pooch Out of the Doghouse with These Tips to Avoid Doggie Disasters    While some dog ...
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Preventing LGD Failure – Meeting Your LGD’s Needs

 Preventing LGD Failure - Meeting Your LGD's Needs  It can be confusing, especially for new owners of livestock ...
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Do You Really Need To Crate Train Your Dog?

Do You Really Need To Crate Train Your Dog?   The answer is a resounding...YES, you need to ...
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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Dog Parks: Outdated Menace or Tool for Socialization?

 Dog Parks: Outdated Menace or Tool for Socialization?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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