KK Good Dog Training

11/12/2022

WATER BOWLS: who says you just need one? For my three dogs, I have:
2 in the kitchen
2 in the living room
1 in the bathroom
2 outside
1 in the garage
I hate to see an empty water bowl and feel guilty when I do.

11/03/2022

One of my dogs doesn’t like zucchini. But I’m trying to stretch the ground turkey that I use for their homemade wet food. I added carrots, celery, zucchini, potatoes, and kale to the turkey and white rice in the Instant Pot. And HA! I used an immersion blender to hide all the veggies!

09/30/2021

A cheap fun thing to do on a rainy or boring afternoon.
Do your dogs like to rip up things? I save toilet paper rolls and put some treats in them, hide them, and let the dogs find them and rip them up and eat the treats.

04/05/2021

If you teach simple commands like “hold it”, “Stay” and “hands” (which means putting their front paws on something) there is no end to the fun you can have with your pup!

03/07/2021

Currently I have two dogs: I usually like having 3 or 4. However, having only two is kinda fun.

12/04/2020

What can you do when you can’t take your dog for a walk outside for exercise?
Maybe it’s snowing or raining too hard
Maybe you broke your leg
Maybe you’re in mandatory quarantine
Maybe you just don't feel like walking them outside...
I found this video on YouTube by McCann dog training to help exercise your dogs inside. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fitwsaFZqHA&t=11s

Most people think that teaching their dog tricks is just a fun thing to show off to their friends. What we know is that there are a few tricks that you can t...

10/29/2020

Remember this old high school cheer? “Shake it to the left, shake it to the right, stand up, sit down, fight fight fight!” Easy, fun way to string their cues together.

08/22/2020

Running free on the beach cures all ills!

07/24/2020

I experimented making tuna treats for my dogs. I opened a can of tuna, plopped it in a bowl, added a little water and used an immersion blender to make a paste. I then mixed in a cup of flour and an egg. I put it on parchment paper on two cookie sheets. For half the batch, I pressed it like a sheet of leather, and the other half like small drop cookies. They’re moist, soft and stinky and break without crumbling. My dogs loved them! I practiced loose leash walking and used these as the training reward—My dog never did so well!

07/15/2020

A few pieces of kibble in an empty oat container giving this 1 year old a few minutes of inexpensive entertainment

07/13/2020

I like to add a tablespoon or two of homemade food to my dogs’ kibble at night. I use either ground turkey or pork, cooked in the Instant Pot. My dogs digest it well, and are happy when meal time rolls around. The AKC says unsalted pork is fine for dogs in small quantities.

07/02/2020

I bought this “Ulu” knife as a souvenir in Alaska. It is great for quickly cutting up my Happy Howie beef rolls for training treats.

07/01/2020

I put some kibble and dog treats into a toilet paper roll and folded in the sides. Also into this little cardboard box that some supplements came in. Fun little food toy for them. My dogs shred up the cardboard and don’t eat it after releasing the treats. Take it away if your dogs do!

06/24/2020

It really works- His formerly long nails are short!

06/22/2020

This is a helpful trick to teach. Tony will bring me things on command and put them in my hand. I can send him into a big crate to bring a bowl or Kong’s out, without having to crawl in there myself! He can also bring food bowls at feeding time. 😃

06/17/2020

Someone recently said they were tired all the time because they had two young dogs that didn’t let him sleep. I’ve always had rambunctious dogs, and these tips keep me sane and rested. If we’re tired all the time, we can’t enjoy our dogs, right? In my current pack, I have three dogs: two shepherds and a very energetic pitbull. I’ve always had at least three dogs, because I like a Pack. Three are as easy as one, if you know how to manage them.
1) I bought a crate in my bedroom for my youngest pup. He took to it just fine and couldn’t rabble rouse the others. The older ones sleep on dog pillows in my room. 2) I have a coke can with quarters in it on my bed, so if they jump on the bed and try to play on my prone body, I just shake it once or twice. It’s the only time I use it, because 130 pounds of dog on your head and face can be dangerous. Since I rarely use it, they respect it. 3) I have 3 crates in the den where I spend most of my time. They all chill when I’m doing yoga or need them contained. (E.g. I’m on a Zoom call, the Gardner is here, or an elderly person is visiting me) They all love their crates because they learned it is a positive experience to be in them, with treats like bully sticks, greenies, and Kongs, or even their dinner. 4) Once in a while I’ll take them to doggie daycare for the day so they can play their little hearts out and come home tired. 4) I like short getaways and have a Dogsitter stay with them. She’s awesome and takes them hiking and even skateboards with them. It’s nice to sleep in with no dogs! Or, I take them to a boarding facility where they’re cage free, except to sleep. I think it’s good to have these options so we don’t feel tied down by our pets. Plus being apart makes us miss them! 5) I sometimes crawl back into bed after I let them out to potty in the early morning, because I just don’t want to start the day yet. Believe it or not, they’ve learned to chill while I get a few extra winks. The Coke can helps them know Mom is tired and they need to chill a bit. They usually fall back to sleep themselves. We need to take care of ourselves and be well rested, so we can better take care of our pups, and enjoy them fully.

05/20/2020

When you have to conduct a 2 hour Zoom meeting and cannot mute yourself: These have lentil stew, hummus, kibble and dog treats, along with bully sticks. Kept my three dogs quiet!

04/16/2020

I’m making fresh dog food in my Instant Pot, using 3/4 lb of frozen turkey, 1/3 c of brown rice, 1 sweet unpeeled sweet potato cut in chunks, and handful of frozen green beans. I’m going to cover it with 2 qt homemade veggie broth (can use water) and pressure cook for 20 minutes. I mix a couple of tablespoons of this mixture with their dry kibble. It keeps in the fridge in Tupperware and my three pups love it! People can eat it too.