Using a spy camera on your dog


Have you ever wondered what your dog does when you are not home? Getting a camera system is a great way to monitor your dogs activities.

If your dog barks: the camera can detect when they are barking, for what reason and for how long! This can be extremely helpful in apartments or homes where people are having barking problems.

There are many different types of barking and solving barking problems really involves knowing why your dog barks. If it is because of boredom or maybe fear or even outside noises and distractions. Seeing your dog react to stimuli is the best way to solve a barking dog problem.

There our cameras out there that are not very expensive ( ie dropcam) and can really help with your behavioral problems.

It’s actually really fun to observe them and for a trainer to see a dogs behavior live on camera is a sure fire way they can modify or correct your dogs undesired behavior.

So set up your cameras and let the fun begin! You may be shocked at what you see!!

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How to Stop a Puppy From Biting


To solve a puppy biting issue I use a method called redirection. Puppies have a natural instinct to nibble, bite and eat objects and/or body parts ( fingers, toes, hair etc). So how do you stop a behavior that teething puppies have such a strong want? You redirect!! When puppies play with other puppies one way they know the play is too rough is when a puppy yelps. The puppies are startled and will actually stop playing . This can also be used in training. When your puppies nibbles on your fingers or toes , give a high-pitched yip. This is one way to let your puppy know that hurt and play needs to stop. However if your puppy is still nibbling away redirect their behavior with a toy. Let your dog know that chewing toys gets praise and biting fingers gets negative responses. Since puppies will need to bite this will be a long process but you will realize how nice it is that your dog bites his toys instead of you or wires.
Once again if you cannot supervise your puppy around wires, shoes etc. limit their space.

There are also sprays to discourage biting but remember to always be behavioral so if you use sprays also use the training techniques as well.

Biting can be solved by redirecting biting to a toy. Saying no or yelping when the puppy bites you and supervision if puppy bites wires or shoes so you catch them in the act and can redirect.

Puppy biting is also temporary but you don’t want the puppy to mature and have the play, soft biting escalate to aggression or aggressive playing.

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