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Home Dog Training of North Georgia, Atlanta, GA (2025)

06/14/2025

Can You Give Me Some Different Choices for My Dog’s Pet Sitting?

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My dad was a doctor, and he would often go to “doctor conventions” in places that were normally really nice. This was a long time ago, so these trips (tax deductible vacations) were normally not designed to have children attend. Mom and dad would take off and I would stay home.

Luckily, this was not like “Home Alone”, so I always had someone with me. My grandparents would come over and stay with me while they were gone. Even though “mom and dad were gone”, I felt perfectly safe and happy because Mommonie and Bebop (those were the names I gave my grandparents) would always be there. They would get me up in the morning, make my meals, wait for me at the school bus stop, and tuck me in at night.

Life went on with mom and dad away. I was fine because I felt safe and secure. My parents were fine because they knew I was safe and secure. It was a “win-win” for everybody.

Life happens and sometimes we need to take a trip away from the house. There will be many times when we won’t have the option of taking our dog with us. When this happens, we need to come up with a plan to keep our dog safe and secure while we are gone.

Just as with people, all dogs are different. They all have their unique feelings of safety, security, and wellbeing. We need to understand those characteristics and then provide a solution for them to fulfill their needs while we are gone.

Robin and I have some excellent solutions for “pet sitting” when you are away. Please read our dog training blog titled “Can You Give Me Some Different Choices for My Dog’s Pet Sitting”.

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06/07/2025

What Can I Do So That My Dog Isn’t Scared to Go to the Vet?

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I am sure that all of us remember the really “fun times” we had every time that our Mommie would take us to visit our pediatrician. Although I can’t remember the exact moment, I always knew that it was never going to be a fun time. It was something that I dreaded.

Even though, as a young child, I was completely comfortable and actually loved to go for car rides with Mommie; there was that moment when the car ride took a “horrible turn”. Mommie would pull the car into the parking lot of the Pediatrician’s office. When she pulled the car into this place, I knew that we were not going to the Ice Cream Parlor.

She would try to calm me when we entered the waiting room by handing me a Highlights Magazine, turning to the “find all the things” page, and said that it would be fun to try and find all the hidden objects. “Where is the airplane?”. We didn’t have Highlights at home and the only time we played this game was in the Pediatrician’s waiting room waiting for the appointment. This, again was not a good sign.

What was happening here? Well, I was experiencing things that always lead to something I didn’t like. It made me anxious and scared. Our dog is experiencing the same thing when we take him to the vet.

Robin and I have a great dog training article that can fix this. Please read our dog training blog titled “What Can I Do So That My Dog Isn’t Scared to Go to the Vet”.

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05/30/2025

What Can I Do So My Dog Doesn’t Jump?

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There are many reasons why dog owners call Robin and me to come to their homes and help them with their dogs. They may not have time to train their dog, or this is their first dog, and they just don’t know what to do. There may be specific actions such as pulling on the leash or barking at the front door that they just can’t resolve.

With all this said, there is one thing that always is the result of this. These dog owners are confused as to why things just aren’t working. There is some “secret sauce” that is missing from the burger. That is where Robin and I come into the picture.

Although there are many issues that Robin and I receive calls about regarding dog owners and their dogs, there is always one underlying cause as to why they can’t achieve success.

That cause relates back to the way we and our dogs think. Or to be more precise, it is the dichotomy between the ways we process information from the world around us and the way our dogs process information.

We process information based on a three-dimensional model. We can comprehend that there can be many outcomes to any situation or action. Our dogs process information on a two-dimensional model. They understand that for every action, there is a consistent, singular result. To make matters even more interesting, we can also process information using the two-dimensional model. This seemingly small difference between our “information processing” causes a great deal of confusion.

Robin and I have a great dog training article titled “What Can I Do So My Dog Doesn’t Jump” that walks you through the dichotomy and guides you to the proper communication process to appropriately teach your dog.

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05/24/2025

How Do I Calmly Begin My Walk with My Dog?

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I always seem to go back to childhood memories when I introduce new dog training blogs for my clients. Today will be no exception. This morning, I was thinking about the times that my parents would take my brother, my sister, and myself over to see our great aunt.

I am not sure if that is the right terminology. My “great aunt” was the sister of my father’s mother. My logic follows the path that if she were my father’s sister, she would be my aunt. Being one generation earlier, I just stuck a “great” to the title. Thus, she was my great aunt. With that said, on with the story.

Even though we may have been acting up a little bit on the car ride over, my parents always wanted us calm, cool, and collected as we turned down the street to my great aunt’s home. They believed that if we were calm when the car stopped, it would be easier to keep us calm up the walk and into her house. If we were calm when we got there, they assumed that we would not “do anything stupid” from that moment forward.

So, the takeaway from this childhood meandering is that if things are calm at the start, it is easy to keep them calm for the rest of the time. That, coincidentally, is the underlying theme of this week’s blog. The activity this week’s blog focuses on is calmly walking on a leash. It is all based on what happens first.
Please take a moment to read our dog training blog titled “How Do I Calmly Begin My Walk with My Dog”.

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05/16/2025

Should I Walk My Dog on an Extension Leash?

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All of us can probably remember when we were very, very young and our mother would take us to the grocery store. She did this because dad was off at work all day and she didn’t want to leave us alone in our crib at home. It was also because she wanted to get us out in public so that we could start to understand what the “real world” was all about. This was all about “socialization”. It was for us to feel safe to “live on planet earth”.

Our mother’s main responsibility while having us out and about at the grocery store was to allow us to “watch and learn” while feeling safe and secure. Our mother’s easy way to accomplish this was to put us in the grocery cart’s “baby seat”. This allowed her to maintain complete control over us while allowing us to experience the world. We were learning about new things while feeling completely safe.

Think if she didn’t put us in the “baby seat” but allowed us to toddle up and down the isle. We may have been safe at the moment, but her ability to keep us safe if anything happened had been greatly diminished than if we were in the “baby seat”.

The same can be said for walking your dog on a extension leash rather than a “regular leash”. Under normal conditions, your dog is safe in both situations. But, in the real world, “stuff happens” and the extension leash becomes completely unacceptable in your ability to provide for your dog’s safety.

Robin and I have a great dog training blog that goes into detail in comparing the safety issues of the extension leash and the benefits of using a “regular leash”. Please read our dog training article titled “Should I Walk My Dog on an Extension Leash”.

Go to: https://northgeorgiadogtraining.com/should-i-walk-my-dog-on-an-extension-leash-atlanta/

05/10/2025

Should Our Entire Family Participate in Training Our Dog?

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Having a dog in your family is often one of the best things you can do to maximize the quality of life for you and your family. It is very important that the interaction between everyone in the family is respectful, consistent, and loving. This is true for everyone in the family; humans and canine alike.

With this said, let’s think about a household without a dog in the mix. If the kids always obey one parent and not the other, there will probably be a large level of discord within the family. This will be unpleasant for all the family members and friends who may come to visit. So, what could be some of the reasons for this discord?

Although I would never wish to inappropriately place blame on one family member or another, one reason for discord in a family arises when divergent parenting practices are employed. One parent may be the “hands on parent and disciplinarian” and the other is the “hands off” parent. Although both parents should have the same level of respect, their actions don’t allow this to take place. Things are “out of sync”.

This exact scenario can take place when one family member deals with the dog and everyone else ignores him. This is bad and does not need to happen. Robin and I have a great dog training article that can resolve this before it happens. Please read our dog training blog titled “Should Our Entire Family Participate in Training Our Dog”.

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05/02/2025

What Can Be Done About My Dog’s Sibling Rivalry?

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For all of us who have brothers and sisters, this is a subject that we have all (probably) experienced. I have a twin brother and a younger sister. There was never any sibling rivalry between myself and my sister. There was a 24/7 “game on” state of sibling rivalry between myself and my brother. Being a twin, I think the entire thing was just exasperated.

There was always competition of who was the better at everything. Since we were twins, I couldn’t use the excuse of “he is older than I am”, or “he is bigger than I am”, etc. Neither of us had an “edge up” on the other. Everything was a “fair fight”. (I hate fair fights!)

This sibling rivalry often led to heated moments and even some tussles. None of them were “going to the hospital” events, but they were still there. Over time, the rivalry dissipated. As I recall, it was when we got our driver’s licenses and could “just get away from the other”.

I had heard that some brothers and sisters would experience sibling rivalry because their parents would treat them differently. It would be like Cinderella and her stepsisters. The stepsisters were allowed to go to the ball and Cinderella would have to stay home and clean the floors. This never happened in our family because our parents were exceedingly careful to treat all of us exactly the same. But, I did know that it happened in other families.

Did you know that “sibling rivalry” can also take place with our dogs? Robin and I have a great dog training article that explains what you can do to avoid this. Please read our dog training blog titled “What Can Be Done About My Dog’s Sibling Rivalry”.

Go to: https://northgeorgiadogtraining.com/what-can-be-done-about-my-dogs-sibling-rivalry-buford/

04/26/2025

How Do I Train My Dog to Properly Walk with Me?

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I often see television commercials for things that acclaim “One Size Fits All”. These are often things like watches, hats, socks, sweatpants, and many other miscellaneous pieces of clothing. Sometimes the claim is true, but most of the time, the claim is false. At best case, the claim is “close, but not exact”. I personally like to have things exact.

In most cases, it really isn’t that difficult to go from something that is “close but not exact”, to “exact”. It normally takes a little bit more effort and contemplation on our parts. But, in the long run, being “exact” is always better. It also means that, whatever that thing is, it is now “exactly right for you”.

Believe it or not, my above discussion actually has something to do with the topic of this blog. To reiterate part of the title, “…to Properly Walk with Me”. Although walking is the main discussion point of the article, the secret of success is linked into your dog and you.

What is the concept of properly walking a dog? To be more specific, what would you define as having your dog properly walk with you? I can only hope that more than one person will eventually read this prologue to my blog. If that is true, I have now gathered more than one “me” in the process of “walking my dog with me”.

I hope you are now seeing the point. There is more than one answer because there are more than one “me’s”.

Robin and I have a great dog training article that goes into more depth regarding your rules and techniques of having a great walk with your dog. Please read our dog training blog titled “How Do I Train My Dog to Properly Walk with Me”.

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04/18/2025

What Can I Do So I Can Safely Take My Dog Out to a Restaurant?

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I have probably told this story many times, but I am going to tell it again. When I was young, my parents would always take myself, my brother, and my little sister to a local restaurant for Sunday dinner. It was a very popular place, so, being Sunday evening, it was always filled with patrons.

Back “in the day”, there weren’t “kid friendly” restaurants. They were all “grown-up places” that were sometimes populated by kids in the ever-watchful eyes of their parents. Sometimes the kids were fine, but many times they became fidgety and bored. What followed next was never an excellent experience for parent or child.

Now, getting back to my story. I was always the perfect child at Sunday dinner. I was so great that the owner of the restaurant told my parents that I was welcome there whenever they wanted to bring me.

To tell the truth, I have no idea why I behaved myself at the restaurant. I just did. It may have been because they always told me to “sit up straight” at our dinner table, use the fork and not my hands, ask to be excused, and don’t talk out of turn. Come to think of it, maybe, in a round-about way, my parents did teach me how to behave!

So, why would you think that your dog would behave the first time you take him to a public restaurant? Have you given him any guidelines? Have you made him feel safe? Have you taught him how to behave?

Robin and I have a great dog training article that will teach you how you need to teach your dog to behave and be great in a restaurant. Please read our dog training article titled “What Can I Do So I Can Safely Take My Dog Out to a Restaurant”.

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04/11/2025

What Can I Do So a Dog Doesn’t Bite Me?

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As many of my regular followers will attest, I often harken back to my school days in reference to the dog training topics I wish to discuss. These were times when I learned to read, write, etc. These were all those scholarly things that our teachers told us were so important.

These were all the “scholarly things” that required homework and tests. They were all the things where I received grades indicating how well I was performing. If I did well, I could advance to the next grade and learn about more complex stuff.

But this was not all I learned in my first years at school. I also learned about the “ying and yang” of interacting with other humans. Although this was a byproduct of school, it was probably the most important when it came to living my life.

Through trial and error, I learned how to talk and listen to other people. I learned how to understand when people were mad and what to do when that happens. There were thousands of things “I learned” about “the real world”. It took many years of trial and error.

What I never learned in school was the proper way to interact with dogs. That was because I was spending all my time interacting with people and, at best, a very little time interacting with dogs. I never learned, for example, how to deal with an excited or aggressive dog. I never understood how to assure that a social interaction with an excited or aggressive dog would not end in being bitten.

Robin and I would like to share some “human/canine” interaction tips with you regarding how to avoid dog bites. It really isn’t that difficult. Please read our dog training article titled “What Can I Do So a Dog Doesn’t Bite Me”.

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04/05/2025

What Can I Do for My Dog When I Have to Work Around the Clock?

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If you have read the “About Us” on our website, you will see that I used to be a technology executive for Fortune 500 companies for over twenty-five years. This always meant that I spent long hours at work and often traveled for out-of-state meetings. This meant that I did not spend a great amount of time at home. That was one of the driving forces to have Robin and I strike out on our dog training adventure over twenty years ago.

Being away from home meant that, when I was home, I tried to make the most of it. It was very, very important that I could enjoy “quality time” with Robin, my son Mac, and our multiple doggies. Often times this was very hard to accomplish. After long hours of putting out fires, explaining things to a boss that really doesn’t understand what the heck is going on, and calming clients’ concerns, I just wanted to come home and crash.

Well, “coming home and crashing” does not create quality time. It is also often difficult to walk in the front door and instantaneously come up with what to do to create “quality time”. By the way, for those of you who don’t know, “quality time” involves activities that build bonds between you and the ones around you”.

Now, to slightly change the subject, what if that needed “quality time” simply involves you and your dog? We have some great ideas. Please read our dog training blog titled “What Can I Do for My Dog When I Have to Work Around the Clock”.

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03/29/2025

How Can I Have My Kids and My Dog Properly Play with Each Other?

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One of the first things that our parents taught us (hopefully) was to play well with others. When we were playing with our friends, our parents told us not to hit each other or steal each other’s toys. We were always told to “ask before we did” and not to make fun of each other. Although we usually did these things anyway when our parents weren’t looking, we at least understood what was really right and wrong.

We understood what was expected of each other and what were the “generally accepted norms”.

If we “roughly” maintained these norms, our play time always went well. With that said, when we deviated from these norms, we did it in a way that we knew our playmate would understand. We did these “out of the box” things because we believed that doing them would be fun for both of us.

This is because we and our playmates were little “human” boys and girls. Through our parents’ guidance, we viewed the world and the actions taking place in the world in the same light. We were all learning from “the same playbook”.

Now we introduce our family dog into our playtime. Although we all understand that our dog is a beloved member of our family, we must also understand that he is a dog and employs a slightly different perspective when viewing the world and the actions taking place around him. This is where “playtime” with our dog requires slightly different rules than “playtime” with our human friends.

Robin and I have a great dog training article that explains everything. Please read our dog training blog titled “How Can I Have My Kids and My Dog Properly Play with Each Other”.

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