Dog and Puppy Health, Training and Obedience Tips

There are many reasons why you may want to keep your dog out of your kitchen. Probably one of the best is for your dog’s safety. Imagine carrying a big pot of boiling water and then having your dog walk in front of you, you trip and well, you know what’s next – a very fast trip to the vet.

In order to keep your dog safe watch the video below and see how easy it is to train your dog to stay out of the kitchen or any other area of your home that you like.

The first time I had watched the video I didn’t realize that when I was training my dogs (yes, we have 2) to stay out of the kitchen I forgot one main piece of the training – once I saw it, I knew where I was going wrong. No wonder they didn’t want to listen.

I know that you find this information as revealing as I did.

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How long should your dog-training sessions be?
There are many different factors that come into play when determining how long your dog training sessions should be.
Just as people have many and varied personalities, the same is true for dogs – even within a breed.

Many people recommend that you do a personality analysis before getting your dog to determine which breed will be most suitable in your life. Very often, however, we choose dogs based on other different factors at the time.

The various different breeds of dogs have different personality traits and you need to work with these when training your dog to get the best results.

The age of the dog also determines the ability to be trained.
While young puppies generally have a shorter attention span they haven’t learnt the bad habits of older dogs and in most cases are easiest to train.
When training young puppies it is a good idea to have shorter training sessions, and to end the training sessions with a bit of fun and playtime.

When you mix a little fun with the training, you always get better results, and you will also be more likely to continue with the dog training for longer.
As an owner and their dog progress along with training, both parties will find it far more enjoyable as the results will improve and the obvious rewards that both the dog and the owner receive from one another will bond the relationship even further.

There’s nothing quite like dog training to start off a lifetime relationship in the best manner possible.
Dog training is the best investment you can ever make for your pet.

Is Your Dog Eating Grass?
What does it mean if you see your dog eating grass?

There are two main reasons why your dog will be eating grass.

The first reason is to help it to induce vomiting.
It will be doing this to get rid of something that it has eaten that is unpleasant or dangerous.

Dogs do not have the ability to digest grass due to a lack of the necessary enzymes that are required for grass digestion.By eating grass the dog knows that it will bind with the offending food and when it vomits the food will be dispelled from it’s system.

This is a natural instinct that the dog has, to protect itself from poisoning or foods that can make it feel ill.

Dogs instinctively know what type of grass to eat for this process of elimination.
As they cannot digest the grass there is no alternative other than to bring the grass up which will clear out it’s stomach of any unpleasant matter that is making it feel ill.

Grass also contains other vitamins, minerals and enzymes that can assist in the relief of pain and the treatment of infections, which is another reason why your dog might be eating grass.

Another likely scenario why a dog will be eating grass is to aid in the digestion of food.

Certain grasses will help in the digestion process and the dog instinctively knows what grass is needed for this.

The only thing that you need to ensure is that you haven’t recently sprayed the grass with herbicides or poison that could do your dog more harm than good.