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Social connections – don’t leave home without them

January 2, 2017 by Nancy Abplanalp

  Training a dog isn't simply teaching a dog to be obedient. Training a dog is making a social connection across species; it's establishing a mutual language and coming to an agreement on how the two of us can share the same home and the same world. Laying this foundation makes everything that you do with your dog so much easier! Try this simple exercise. Look at your dog and smile. Hopefully, your dog will move closer to you with … [Read more...]

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