Tag Archives: Crate Training

How to Train Your Dachshund Dog

For the smallest of the hound group, dachshunds certainly make up in personality for what they lack in size. Dachshunds are extremely clever, very lively and courageous little dogs, with a strong will and great love of life. They are extremely loyal dogs, often whining until their master has returned. They either have no idea […]

Using Crate Training to Housebreak Your Puppy

Housebreaking your puppy requires patience, but crate training can make it much easier. With the instructions of our vet, we have successfully trained three puppies now. Here are step by step instructions for how to have a happy dog content to only “go” outside. First buy a crate that is just big enough for your […]

General George A. Custer’s Dogs on the Western Frontier of America

General George Armstrong Custer was, and still is, one of the most controversial military leaders in our country’s history. More than 100 years after his death, he was still raising his troops, military skills and judgments. But that noble boy, the golden-haired leader, had long overshadowed another part of him with his famous death, that […]

What Causes Dogs to Behave Badly?

Most dogs have bad manners. Expecting a dog to behave well is like expecting a child to behave well, it’s just not realistic. Dogs are in many ways just like children. Dogs are very emotional, and while they can’t speak to us with words, they act out their emotions and insults in the same heated […]