February is National Pet Dental Health Month.  Bad breath can be a sign of serious health risk.  The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has produced the following informative video on pet dental health – enjoy!

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The USDAA Nationals will be in Denver CO this coming October.  Rankine and Aaron are working hard to qualify.  At 5 years old, he is in his prime, but his owner’s admit that raising 2 young children, holding full-time jobs and keeping up competitive training is difficult.  We do our best and some weekends you hit the agility jackpot.  This weekend Rankine qualified in USDAA Steeplechase, pairs, snooker with a super Q and jumpers.  Oh yeah, his 12 year old brother TJ also earned snooker and jumper Qs.

Now if only we can earn a Team and Grand Prix qualifier.

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If you have multiple dogs, Online Dog Coach recommends that you establish a feeding routine.  This ensures that each dog gets his or her fair share and can helpful making feeding time less crazy.  In this video, 3 year old Chase shows you how feeding multiple dogs works at our house.  Please note that these dogs have had an established feeding routine for multiple years and we do not recommend that a young child try this without proper training and supervision.

Check out the video on our Facebook page.

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December’s featured lesson is Shake.  If you have questions or tips for others, please post them here.

Happy Training

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Don’t Lick the Dog – Making Friends with Dogs by Wendy Wahman is a wonderful children’s book that teaches children how to interact with dogs.  I read this book regularly with my 3 year old son. The books illustrations encourage my son to ask questions about what the dogs are doing and feeling.  This is a must have for families with dogs and young children. 

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