A dog can be started as young as 4 months of age. It is important to know the limitation of your dog so as not to push too hard. If tracking is viewed as fun and the reward (food, a toy or play) is meaningful, he will pick up tracking quickly. Most dogs love tracking and will enjoy your outings. There are several good books that provide a structured program for tracking training that you can use working alone if there is no one nearby to work with.

A good obedience lesson can do more for you and your dog than any other single activity you can become involved in. In just one obedience lesson, you will see a change in the behavior of your dog, and in the way you relate to your dog. There are many advanced levels of obedience, but for now, lets concentrate on beginning obedience for you and your dog. Obedience classes will teach you to communicate with your dog in both a verbal and physical manner.

The obedience training is the best thing that you can do for your dog and puppy. It improve the bonding between the handler and the dog. While it does not solve all behaviour problem, it is the foundation for solving just any dog related problem. Most important of all, the obedience training open up a line of communications between you and your dog. Such effective communication is necessary for you to instruct your dog about what you want her to do.

Every dog should go through some form of obedience training. Obedience training not only allows you to get your pet to do what he's commanded to do, it teaches you to communicate effectively with your pet and get the best out of him all the time. Obedience training also helps socialize your pet, as he is taught to remain calm in a room full of unfamiliar people and dogs.

Training is accomplished through repetition. Your dog will naturally learn to respect his trainer when rewarded with positive praise for a job well-done and a less pleasing, lower tone of voice when misbehaving. Martin and Shelly will show your dog what is expected of him before any correction occurs.

PennHIP has studied the efficacy of this method from the eight weeks up to three years of age. The PennHIP method can be reliably performed on a dog as young as 16 weeks old. Passive hip laxity at 16 weeks correlates highly with later hip laxity. In other words, a dog's hip laxity at 16 weeks will be much the same at one year, two years or even three years. The accuracy of laxity measurements for German Shepherd Dogs less than 16 weeks of age is not high enough to be of clinical use.

You will be surprised at the developmental milestones that your child achieves within the first 4 months. Our program does not encourage forcing your child to do anything before they are ready but aims to inform parents of the appropriate activities and stimulation at the relevant developmental stages.

We expect to off this service during 2007. Although we anticipate that we will not be able to provide you dog with training during school holiday peaks periods.

Yes ! - It is your responsibility as a dog owner, to ensure that your dog is a well behaved, accepted member of the community. Obedience Training will assist in teaching you how to work with your dog, and teaching him good habits, and if necessary overcoming undesirable behaviour. A well trained dog is a pleasure to own, and please always remember to be considerate of other people who may not be dog lovers like us.

Off-Leash is when people come over and you put your dog on "Down-Stay" and do not need to get a leash. Off-Leash is when you go out to your car, or work in your yard and the dog will hang out with you, and not run down the street. Off-Leash is pulling over on the side of the freeway to let your dogs out to take a leak and opening the car door 5 minutes later and they jump back in.

Structure. Just like children, dogs look for structure and leaders to follow. Structure and leadership provides a predictable environment that feels secure.

Age is not a barrier. Many of the older people, including those over 60 years, will ask this question thinking it is too late to begin a program. The answer is quite the opposite. Older people have greater deficiencies or partial deficiencies, therefore the response to hormone modulation and supplementation is excellent and almost immediate. It is important to note that early intervention can reduce rapid advancement of diseases, such as osteoporosis and Alzheimer's.

The founder was nearly 70 when she opened the school. We currently have, and in the past have had, many students in their late 40's and 50's. Older students bring many gifts and talents gained over a lifetime to their education and the profession. Never too late.

It is recommended the dog be at least 4 to 6 months old. Prior to 4 to 6 months old, we believe your dog does not fully understand the stimulation or its purpose.

Dogs can start agility at any age but the class must be tailored to the age of the dog. Young puppies can learn many important skills for agility without being introduced to any of the obstacles. Your dog needs to be physically developed to jump & weave and mentally developed to understand the obedience skills already discussed – this age will be different for every dog. Older dogs need to be physically healthy. Yes, an old dog can learn new tricks.

Akena. Her name is Passamaquoddy, or Penobscot, for "Honored Mother" or similar, according to an Indian man we once met. She was born in 1992.

The first thing to ask is, is there something else wrong? Have your veterinarian re-x-ray the leg. If the x-ray and exam show nothing obvious, then the next thing to suspect is that the medial meniscus is torn. This should be addressed by either: re-operating on the leg, through an open incision or arthroscopy, or giving the pet some more time.

Many of our fountains are hand-made to order. Some, such as the fine art fountains, are hand-painted by a single artist. This is often done to preserve the one-of-a-kind value of these types of specialty items, because their uniqueness comes from the very fact that they are not produced on an assembly line. Similarly, some of the fountains we have available are customized to each individual customer's needs.

The Fitness Challenge is designed to be played for 8 weeks because it takes that long at to develop good exercise habits and to show results! However, the important thing is to get a start on your exercise program. Therefore, if need be, you can modify the star-points to accommodate a shorter time period (see Game Variations). It's all in the negotiations. If you can convince your partner that you earned a star for yanking out those weeds, be our guest. But don't fool yourself.