Travel Safety this Summer with Wolfie

Hey, it’s Summer Time and time to hit the road or air for our family vacation.  I think I know what to do to make sure Wolfie is OK, but I want to be sure…

Whether you travel by car, truck, plane or train, help ensure a safe and pleasant journey with your pet by taking these safety precautions:

General Travel Tips:

• No matter what your mode of travel, the single best safe practice you can employ to keep your dog safe during the journey is to keep him restrained.
• Affix current identification to your dog. Even better, have him micro chipped, which provides a permanent form of I.D. to help ensure he is returned to you if he becomes lost.
• Carry a recent photograph of your dog to make it easier for others to help you look for him if he gets lost during the trip.
• If your dog is prone to anxiety or motion sickness, consult with your veterinarian about using pet tranquilizers for your dog appropriate for the particular type of travel you will take.
• Feed your pet his usual meal one to two hours before travel. (If your dog is prone to motion sickness, feed him two to four hours before travel.) Do not give him food or water during travel as it may spill, forcing him to lie in a mess during the trip.

Cars and Trucks

• No matter how long or short the journey, your dog should be restrained. An unrestrained dog is dangerous to himself and others. He can become a flying projectile that can injure you, your passengers or himself.
• Secure your dog in the back seat (dogs riding in the front seat can be seriously hurt if the airbags deploy) with a pet travel safety harness or car seat, or in a pet carrier fastened to a seatbelt. If you drive an SUV, install a pet barrier to keep the dog in the back area of the vehicle as well as securing him in his harness and attaching it to the hooks in the floor.
• If you must transport your dog in the bed of a pickup, use a crate or carrier secured to the truck bed to prevent him from being thrown into traffic at a sudden stop.
• Do not allow your dog to ride with his head out the window. Road debris and other flying objects can injure his eyes.
• Before you set out on your journey and after arriving at your destination, give your dog plenty of exercise. This will help him be more relaxed and able to acclimate to his new surroundings.
• When stopping for a break and before you open the car door, attach a leash to your dog’s collar so he can’t escape. Even the most obedient pet can become disoriented when traveling. Always use a leash to walk your dog.
• On a long car ride, stop every four hours or so to allow your dog to relieve himself (be sure to clean up after him), stretch his legs, refresh himself with a small drink of water, and help him understand that he’s going to another environment.
• Watch for temperature extremes. Your car is like an oven under the blazing sun and a freezer in the bitter cold.

Airline or Train Travel

• Whether he will go in the cabin with you or in the cargo hold, your dog will need to travel in an airline (or train) -approved carrier.  Check the airline (or train line) website for requirements.
• If your pet will travel as cargo, check for restrictions on any health/immunization and other requirements.
• Use direct flights to avoid mix-ups during transfers or the possibility of delays in getting your pet off the plane.  Ask the airline if you can watch your pet being loaded and unloaded into the cargo hold.
• Upon arrival at your destination, open the carrier as soon as you are in a safe place, and then clip a leash on your dog so you can safely examine him. If anything seems wrong, get him to a veterinarian right away.

Follow these precautions and Wolfie will love your family vacation too.  For more information, please contact us at The Best Dog Trainers in South Florida.

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Bertie Dog Training closed this week

Both venues  - Oadby and Langtons are closed this week. Normal services will resume the following week.

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Bertie Blog Bertie Dog Training closed this week

Bertie Blog: Bertie Dog Training closed this week: "Both venues - Oadby and Langtons are closed this week. Normal services will resume the following week."

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We must avoid this 10 misunderstanding during Dog Training

The new owner of the dog often make mistakes dog training techniques, as well as in the whole process of how close to the dog. Some errors are more widespread than the other, I will cover the 10 months that are here.

First misunderstanding

Do not expect much from your dog back. Most people make the mistake that usually refers to the good, really, like dogs, but the problem is that they see other dogs and they want like other dogs at once. We all see the dogs in our parks and all walks of life who enjoy the company of other dogs that were so well behaved and obedient, we have become jealous of them. In this context, is to forget how much time, patience and money were put into these dogs, in order to achieve the degree of success has been achieved.

Secound Misunderstandings

Another common mistake that this is just the opposite, in No. 1 is to surrender. Once again refers to the owners, and with all good intentions, but, unfortunately, lack the necessary patience and commitment to be the result of this type does not exist. As a result of their dog can not do or reversed wheel of an hour, have decided that their dog is untrainable the resignation of his life and untrained dogs.

Thired Misunderstandings

Lack of consistency. If you tell your dog can not sit on the table when you have guests for dinner and then not to let them sit in it when you eat alone. If you want to succeed at any level of training so that dogs must be consistent.

Fourth Misunderstandings

The use of too little, and actively strengthen technical training. A dog reward to do the right things when asked to do, or not learn. If only give you the correct dog, there is a need to correct, but never the ultimate reward good behavior your dog start doing things wrong, so that it gives a little attention.

Fifth Misunderstandings

Similar to the previous error, not to give too much negative reinforcement. Do not sit and watch your dog until it made a mistake and then pounce to fix it. Focused on the search for a wrong behavior when youve lost your dog is as it should, therefore, will not provide the necessary return.

Sixth Misunderstandings

Stay away from training your dog to do this is never done. A common problem in this regard taken by the general purpose of the dog in an attempt to turn it into the best hunting dogs ever lived. All of you will be a confusing and frustrating dog and a big headache. Some dogs not only do certain things. Afghanistan useless to the salami Fox Terrier, it really is trying to send the Great Danish Warren in a rabbit! Make sure you get the kind of dog, you must work / life, you are in the store.

Seventh Misunderstandings

After the adoption of training. Dogs like to learn new things and continue to learn through repeated and consistent lessons. Remember, if you spend a day of training for your dog, and therefore not disturb the other a few weeks you have to look forward to your dog you all have forgotten to teach two weeks ago. You have to go, rather than a full day for two hours every other day, but semper.

Eighth Misunderstandings

Avoid overloading the dog with all the training techniques in different ways. While this is good to have different opinions, methods of training do you need to find some feel very comfortable, you can run or else you will get confused, so make sure your dog will be. One way to join, until you begin to see the results of trust and continue to play a similar technology, you want to succeed.

Ninth Misunderstandings

Too cold. Often heard the owner of a dog that hate the way the performance of their dogs, but it was too late, beyond repair. If you want to change occurs so that we can make this change has taken place. Your dog needs to know, a change brought by the award and has maintained a strong incentive to you faster.

Tenth Misunderstandings

The dog has never properly trained. Training is a long-term process of life, will never be completed. Your dog is likely to learn the behavior if you want the benefits in all cases, you may find in his Please note that your dog will learn, it is necessary to strengthen the act required all the time otherwise the dog learn new experiences and different behavior

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KENNEL COUGH

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further to my previous blog there have now been several cases of kennel cough reported around the market harborough area so if you have any doubt what soever please keep your dog at home. Further would members please refrai from allowing their dogs to meet other dogs, as a safety precuation to minimise the chances of dogs contracting kc.

If you have any concerns polease conslt your vets.

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KENNEL COUGH UPDATE

Having spoken to a vet this morning I can confirm that the information given in our handout is still applicable although I would clarify that after the coughing has stopped, in the some cases dogs can still be infectious for up to two weeks. In extreme cases this can extend to up to three months.

If your dog has not been vaccinated against kennel cough and contracts the disease it is worth having the vaccination immediately as it will help to shorten the length of the infection. In the vast number of cases there is nothing to be worried about and only the very young and old dogs can sometimes have  complications.

I am currently awaiting further advice from a vet regarding a safe vaccinating programme. I have attempted to contact all the members from the Church Langton club however one member has not completed the contact details on the form and as such this makes it difficult for us to make contact. If anyone has not heard from us would you please get in touch.

The proposed plan is that the Beginners will have a talk this week with no dogs being present, which was scheduled for next week and the Intermedates will close. Members will be advised as and when new information becomes available. If in the meantime your dog does contract kc then please inform us and seek veterinary help. It would also be a good idea to use the following:

1 Denes Garlic tablets

2 Apple Cider Vinegar in the drinking water

3 Colloidal Silver either sprayed directly into the mouth or in the drinking water. See our links page and if ordering mention me and the club.

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How to Stop My Dog Stealing From the Table

The one thing that really makes meal time stressful is trying to keep my dog from begging and stealing food from the table.  I know that other people with dogs don’t have this problem, but I do.  What can I do?

There is one important thing that we must understand about dogs stealing food from the table.  They don’t place an implicit ownership on food.  If they see food left unattended, it is just like their finding a dead animal in the wild.  If they are hungry, they will naturally eat the food.  So, as humans, we need to understand that if we leave food unattended with our dog nearby, it might be gone when we return.

With this said, we must also understand when it is not acceptable for our dog to steal from the table.  If we are providing our dog leadership while building a bond, establishing trust, and delivering companionship; our dog will see us as their caregiver and leader.  From our dog’s perspective, it is not acceptable to take food from the leader until allowed.

When our dog attempts to take food from the table while we are at the table, he is breaking that natural rule and we must, as the leader, let him know that he is doing something wrong.  In order to do this, we must set the scene to allow him to either try and steal the food or respect us and not encroach.  Here is a little exercise for you:

• Establish a perimeter around your table where you don’t want your dog to cross when you are eating.
• Make sure you have toys, goodies, or even your dog’s dinner placed outside the perimeter.
• Place a leash on your dog.
• Create one or two plates of “smelly food” like cheese, cold cuts, hamburger meat, etc. and place them on the table.
• Everyone with a plate needs to sit down at the table and keep their chairs placed far enough away from the table so that they can easily stand up.  Everyone must sit “side saddled” (like our Mom always scolded us for doing).
• Make “yummy sounds” and nibble on the food while you watch your dog out of the corner of your eye.
• If your dog begins to approach your boundary, quickly stand up, face your dog, and loudly say “No” in an authoritative, guttural tone.  If you need to, gently pick up the leash and guide him away to his toys, goodies, or dinner.
• Praise your dog with a high pitched “Good boy” for doing the right thing.  (You might have had to show him what was right, but that is OK.  He is learning.)
• Return to your chair, always facing your dog.
• Slowly sit down and repeat the process until your dog looses interest and does not approach you.
• Repeat this every day until you no longer have to actively keep him away from the table.

Having to deal with a “nosy dog” while at the table can be a big pain for your family and friends.  Practice this exercise regularly and we are sure you will soon have an enjoyable time at the dinner table.  If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at The Best Dog Trainers in South Florida.

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