Teaching your dog how to hug is a great way to exercise her brain and body! Plus it is a great way to keep your pupster entertained when indoors. Jess and Cohen from Cohen the Australian Shepherd are here today to share a step-by-step guide for how to teach your dog to hug (aka mastering the most adorable trick in the world!) (more…)
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TORONTO DOG MAGAZINE: BACK TO BASICS
Just a quick note to say thank you to everyone for your patience while Pawsh took a little hiatus this winter. We needed to get away and recharge, destress and seek balance, spend some time detatched from the constant computer time and really just hug our dogs to help get us reinvigorated about the Pawsh project.
Happily we will be returning to regular scheduled programming next week. The past several weeks have been spent cooking up new fun, bite-sized features for the blog that you and your pupsters can enjoy on the go!
We are so looking forward to getting back into chit-chatting about dog wellness, behaviour, fantastic products and living a dog-friendly lifestyle on a regular basis. We have missed it deeply. Thank you everyone again and again for sticking with us while we worked to rediscover our own ‘pawsh’ voice amidst the general noise of life and the media world. We can’t wait for next week!
DOG FASHION: VALENTINE’S DAY DOG SWEATERS
This Valentine’s Day let your dog where his heart on his sleeve — or sweater! A holiday themed jumper is a wonderful way to add some cheer to an otherwise dreary winter, plus it’s practical to keep the chilliness at bay. A crisp modern heart design won’t ever go out of style either, making a Valentine’s dog sweater a really great purchase! The only question that remains is which sweater do you like best? Sweater #1 is a TopPaw Fuzzy Heart design and sweater #2 is a Polkadot Fleece design. Both are very, very cute!
DOG TRAINING TIPS: WHAT TO DO WHEN YOUR DOG BARKS
Have you ever been annoyed because your dog barks — and barks and barks and barks? It’s a question most pet parents would answer ‘yes’ to (including myself!) No matter how much we train a dog not to bark there will always be those occasions when they yip and yap away. However, I’ve discovered a new way to approach this matter…
Instead of scolding your furry friend when they bark at the mailman, the garbage truck or someone at the door, tell your dog “Thank you.” Actually say thank you out loud and then redirect your little minions to their bed for a cookie.
The reason is this; if you raise your voice at a dog who is barking, the dog picks up on that energy and interprets that extra sound as ‘Well everyone is on alert now! Yay!’ By saying thank you instead, you keep your energy calm and composed which translates better to redirecting a dog’s attention.
Remember a dog barks to raise awareness of what they perceive to be a danger to the group. So acknowledge their bark as a positive thing and literally thank them for their safety tip. I’ve been doing this lately with Rory and Lucy and it is proving to be a great training tactic!
PAWSH PERK: What does a dog’s bark really mean?