February 19th, 2010
By Eric Letendre
Have you Hugged Your Dog Today?
Did you know that today, Feb. 20th is Love Your Pet Day?
It’s true.and that’s why I have a video for you to watch. It’s all about hugging your dog. Now, before you think I’m nuts there are a lot of good reasons why you should hug your dog.
One of them is safety.
Another is to establish leadership. Another is trust and it develops the bond between you and your dog.
Check out the video:
Eric Letendre is a professional dog trainer from the United States and has been training dogs for over 20 years, teaching regular, average, every-day owners all over the world how to get the training results they want as fast as possible. Eric is also the author of numerous reports, the E-Book “101 Ways to Improve Your Dog’s Behavior,” “The Amazing Dog Training Man Book,” and produced and stars in his DVD “Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer.”
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Eric Letendre is a professional dog trainer from the United States. For more than 20 years, he has been developing dog training "hacks" that have worked for dog owners all over the world. Eric operates from a home office or a laptop while traveling and draws on his experience and passion for dog training to show others how to develop a dog that is truly “Man’s Best Friend”.
Eric is the author of numerous reports, the E-Book “101 Ways to Hack Your Dog’s Behavior,” “The Amazing Dog Training Man Book,” and produced and stars in his DVD “Secrets of a Professional Dog Trainer.”
Great tip! Thanks again!
Great video! I loves to carry and hug my chihuahua whenever I am free.
Very good tip Eric.
Respect and trust between you and your dog makes for a solid fondation to build on. Frequent handling and lots of play sessions will sure help to gain confidence and leadership. You need to establish yourself as the leader and always control all of the activities, never let the dog decides when to play or get hugged or get fed. He will then see you as the source for all these good things and trust you. For example, if my girl comes to beg for a play session, I do not even pay attention, I need to be the one initiating it to gain trust and respect. Be constant in your training! Good trainng to all.
Thanks for the interesting material. I am happy to have no problem with hugging my beloved dog boxer Rocky.
The only thing he doesn`t like is checking his ears. Hopefully nothing wrong inside – just clean and nice.
Best regards to all dog lovers !
Artur / Warsaw / Poland
Eric, your tips and advice are always fantastic. The counter surfing was my favorite and worked great. I plan to get your online training program when money isn’t so tight. Keep up the fantastic work, you are the best.
Great advice especially about kids!
I enjoy your videos and training programs.
I am trying to bell train my 5 yr. old shih tzu. She has not had a good week. When I had company.. Cannot give up. she is here to stay.
She is a real piece of work..
Not only does handling exercises help build trust between you and your dog, but your Vet will appreciate having a dog that is accustomed to being handled.
Thank you for your informative tips! Didn’t know I was doing something right. I have been handling Candy since she was 7 weeks old- she is a little over 2 years old now and a handful. But she does let me touch her all over and especially retrieve stuff out of her mouth that she should not be eating- especially paper. I call it dumpster diving since she is a pretty good size dog- about 50 pounds and a shepard mix.
Great tip Eric – our 7 month black lab gets loads of hugs becuase we have kids and it was really tested this weekend when he happily let a 7 month old baby pull on his ears without any aggression at all!!
Even tho this is not a challenge with my GSD it ws a good vidoe to watch . The most useful tip I have gotten from you so far is “Off” and teaching her not to jump on people. Within 1 day she improved %90. Thank you.