January 26th, 2011
By Eric Letendre
Well, it’s official.
Another 4 to 12 inches of snow expected tonight into tomorrow morning.
We already have two and half feet of the stuff and I had to shovel out a place for my dog to take care of business. It would also be nice to take a long hike in the woods, but I think I am going to have to invest in some snow shoes.
Anyway, the last time we had a winter this bad I got a call from a very distressed border collie owner.
She worked long hours and because of work and weather conditions her poor dog was really going nuts. Every dog needs exercise but border collies need jobs. They really have an incredible desire to work and run.
By the time I got called in, things had gone from bad to really, really bad.
You see, she lived in an apartment and her dog had chewed a hole in the wall and gone right through it. Her dog was in her neighbor’s apartment when she came home. The neighbor was none too happy and that’s when I got the call.
I put together a program for her that included a lot of exercise for her dog. Luckily, there was a dog daycare in the area that her dog could go to a few times a week. We also taught her what was acceptable and what was UN-Acceptable to chew on.
Within a few weeks, the neighbor got over the hole in the wall and the border collie responded very well to the training.
The scary part of all of this was what was going to happen if the training program that I recommended did not work. She knew that she was going to have to find her dog a new home which would have broken her heart.
But, it all turned out good.
A lot of what I showed her to do is in the Good K9 Manners program that you can still get at a reduced price for two more days.
Hop on over to Good K9 Manners and use the code 10-OFFK9MANNERS to get the special discount.
All the best,
Eric
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.”
Gypsum board, I have heard, is very tasty to dogs, as is plaster. Chewing it can get to be a habit. What we did was to replace our dog’s hole with stucco instead. Hehe, dunno about the taste difference, but it’s way harder to chew.
Good idea Terry. It’s amazing what dogs think is tasty.
Thanks for the dog training tips.