Dog Loving is Instant, Dog Caring is Trained.

Potty Training

  I don't need to tell you why you don't want you pup viewing your living area as their own personal toliet.  I will tell you is how to get past the gross phase of puppy hood where you are constantly  scrubbing at spots that  you really hope don't...

Balanced Training

The fantastic duo Hank, and Charlie ready to train!     K9xoxo Dog Training is communication based, we listen to our dogs. We clarify expectations by building and re-enforcing good habits, We let our dogs know when they error, but also how to make the right...

Implementing Management Tools to Build Better Habits.

I open my bedroom door and Barley bolts down the hallway eager to start his day. I bite back a scream of frustration. How many times have we practiced waiting at thresholds?......Evidently, not enough times. I consider letting it slide. Freshly Ground Mead Barrel aged...

Teaching a Dog Verbal Cues

"Mugsy, Down, Down, Doooowwwwwnnn, Down!" I repeat over and over again as Mugsy stares at me blankly, as if he is wondering exactly when I lost my mind. I then duck down touch my hand to the ground and say "Down". Mugsy lies down and looks to me as if to say. "why...

Speaking your Dogs First Language.

Utilizing Your Body Language and capacity to create spatial pressure in Dog Training. When applied successfully spatial pressure between a dog and handler can look a bit like magic or some form of telepathy to an onlooker. When applied poorly your just some fool...

Teach Your Dog to Focus on You and Not a Treat.

I'm a huge fan of using food and treat rewards in training. I even make my own semi healthy treats. However, I don't want my dog to associate treats as the end all and be all of training and consequently their life. I want to be the end all be all of my dogs life. Do...

Bark Box Subscription

Digging in the Dirt! With our awesome new Subscription my pups won't be bored enough to dig up my mother's garden! (One can dream right?) Needless to say my home is full of happy wiggle butts as a result of a family member gifting me a Bark Box subscription. I've got...

Unexpected Danger to Your Dogs

National Pet Fire Safety Awareness Day Applies to everyone because no one expects their home to catch fire. It doesn't really seem like a real danger, not really, not until it happens to them. At least that was the case for my family in November of 2013 when we found...

Training a Rescue Dog

Here is the rub: I didn't get a dog so he could spend all day cooped up in a house, and  fenced in a yard. Dogs should get to have adventures and explore the world outside of the house.     Leash manners have been a struggle with Banjo since I brought him home....

Super Star Dog Biscuits

I thought Super food biscuits  would be one of those treats I made that my dogs merely tolerated receiving as rewards. I even had images of Mugsy my picky eater spitting these treats back out. In reality Banjo was incapable of posing calmly for a picture with these...

K9xoxo Dog Training

K9xoxo is private in home dog training in Phoenix, Arizona.

 

K9xoxo Dog Training is balanced communication based training. In training with k9xoxo you will learn how to teach your dog your expectations, enforce those expectations, and reward your good dog for meeting expectations.

 

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Breaking Focus

Breaking Focus

I am constantly trying to redirect my dogs attention back to me or get them to break their focus away from distractions.  My dogs have long since mastered the art of breaking my focus.  When they perceive that I am distracted from them for too long, Mugsy...

Double Dog Training

Double Dog Training

Training sessions with two dogs at the same is difficult. Both dogs have to know a really solid "Stay" and separate release commands. There is no way around that. Unless you want to crate one of the dogs, but that isn't really a double dog training session is it? If...

Not Quite Yet

Not Quite Yet

There is an Indonesian word for this, it is "Belum". I stumbled along this little tid bit of knowledge during a rather trying time in my life. I used to repeat it like a mantra in my head when I felt stressed, or angry. Well not really, I didn't have to be stressed or...

Rainy Days and Stuffed Dog Toys

Rainy Days and Stuffed Dog Toys

There are two type of stuff dog toys. The adorable plush kind, that are essentially like squeaky teddy bears. These might survive moderate chewing, but won't survive a rainy day chew session. Then there are the rubber toys that you can stuff with yummy food, or treats...

How Dogs See a Smile

How Dogs See a Smile

"I looked him in the eyes and smiled at him so he knew it was okay." Someone told me as Banjo enthusiastically dug in to his supper. My snarky response was. "So, you challenged him and bared your teeth?" I was being snarky. The person I was speaking to knew it and...

The Table Scraps Compromise

The Table Scraps Compromise

If Banjo could speak I think our conversations would go something like this: "Oh, A tomato!" he would exclaim eyeing it sitting on the counter. "I love tomatoes, What is a tomato? You should give me one!" I would respond with something like "Can dogs even have...

Salmon Biscuit Recipe

Salmon Biscuit Recipe

  Diva Mugsy When Mugsy was around 6 months old his attention on me began to drift, and waver and suddenly I was no longer the most interesting thing in the room. So I increased the value of what was in my hand. Like magic Mugsy was back to being my attentive...

The Accidental Bed Time Routine

The Accidental Bed Time Routine

Our Bed Time Routine Every night I open my back door and step outside with my two pups. I give the cue go potty and wait until they are done and then I call them back in. Next I grab two treats and open the puppy gate and say alright it's  "Bed Time". I always use the...