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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Dogs Help Keep New Year Resolutions

Dogs Help Keep New Year Resolutions

Before going out and purchasing a Gym membership that will probably only get used the first few months you have it look down at your feet. Is your best friend there just looking at you, asking what to do next? Okay, maybe your buddy is curled up next to you on the...

Teaching “Leave It”

Teaching “Leave It”

Teaching Leave It After I had Mugsy dropping a treat on command I established Leave It as don't grab the thing in the first place. To do this. I held a treat in my hand and showed it to Mugsy. I then closed my hand while giving the command "Leave it". Mugsy's first...

Teaching “Drop It”

Teaching “Drop It”

"Drop It" is by far one of the most important skills both my dogs have learned. A solid "Drop It" can save a dogs life in the event that they have gotten their teeth into something dangerous, or even just gross. An important lesson I've learn when training my dogs is...

1 year old, and Still a Puppy

1 year old, and Still a Puppy

 Today is Mugsy's Birthday. He is one year old, but still very much a puppy. Medium breeds like the Australian Shepherd don't generally mature and calm down by one year. They are still developing and around year old the puppy is very much in it's late teens. Over...

My Benebone Review

My Benebone Review

Either it's edible or Mugsy looses interest in it after the novelty wears off in the first two days. Benebones are not edible, I didn't have high hopes for this chew toy going in, but Mugsy is going through his second puppy teething phase. The store I was shopping in...

Hydration

Hydration

Keeping a canine hydrated is absolutely crucial especially in the summer. When we are out on our adventures. Mugsy carries his own water, and collapsible bowl. We use the Ruff Wear approach pack, and the travel collapsible bowls by Buster pets. Stopping for water with...

9 Months Still a puppy

9 Months Still a puppy

April 28, 2016 Mugsy grabs gently at my arm with his mouth. "No" I tell him and remove my arm. He grabs at my shirt. Exasperated I repeat the word "No". He grabs at my shoe. "No knock it off Mugsy." I gently push him away. At this point I am starting to get...