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Why crate training is important?

Crate training your dog can serve many important roles. Especially if trained properly, they provide your dog with a safe environment in your home to spend and relax. A kind of sanctuary or "private room" if you will. Second, by training this behavior is a simple, you have the flexibility to this learning (called generalization) to transfer to other situations (traveling in a car, go on vacation, etc. back) a few years Iacquired Chow mix, and he was full of behavior problems ... not least, tear, if the house left alone for more than a few minutes. I was able to successfully (and easily as I add) crate train him, and it eliminates almost all problem behavior.

A few helpful tips before you begin:

Of course you'll need a box. There are many different designs and materials to choose from. The most important thing is to to choose is the rightSize. It must be large enough for your dog to stand and be able to turn without too much difficulty.
Make yourself comfortable. You want in a pillow or blanket inside, you put your dog while inside is cozy.
Do not rush. The worst thing you can do when training any behavior to try and rush through the process. Learning is a continuous process, and links generally lead to unwanted side effects in the long term. Take your time and make the process fun.
Have many short trainingMeetings. The biggest mistake I do not see dog owners try to conduct train pulled in just a few sessions ago. You are doing much better, many short and positive studies as a marathon session that is likely to fail at some point. Repetition with a large reinforcement is the key, learn fast.

Step by step training tips:

First, pick out a few special treats to your dog. I'm not a big advocate of the use of food only as a reinforcement,But for crate training can be useful. Make sure the door of the box is open. Walk your dog near the front of the box and reinforce it (them a treatment) for the coming close to it. The idea here is the first introduction is making very positive. If your dog is already a negative history with a box, you need this several times before doing more.

Your next step will be to teach your dog to go inside. Usually the best way to do this, start to walk your dogagainst the box to keep their momentum as they follow you and point your finger in the chest. You should it with a pair of cue (such as "inside" or "box"). Although this will mean nothing to queue first, it will be after a series of successful trials. Sometimes it can be helpful to encourage your dog to go inside the crate by tossing a treat inside, as they approach. Every time you go your dog in the crate, they say "good dog" and strengthen them in the box. Thisis very important. You want all your amplification to occur INSIDE the box, not to leave for it. Continue to do so with a number of short sessions until your dog consistently go in the crate without hesitation.

Once your dog is comfortable in the crate, it is now time to start closing the door. Remember, you do not want a "trap" or "trick" your dog in the crate want them to turn inward and wait quietly while the door. Once the door is closed, saythey are "good dog" and give them their favorite treat WHILE the door is closed. You can open the door when your dog have increased, but that you not to exacerbate them to leave the box. You want to make sure that all your strengthening is for your dog in the crate and thus close the door.

If you consistently train your dog to go in the box and thereby closing the door, you are ready to start slowly increase the time your dog stays inside.While your dog is in the box, you want to be sure, at times increased, while they remain inside. Throughout this process, if any reinforcement is occurring as part of your dog to sit quietly in the crate with the door closed. They also want to be sure you are not to open the door and let out your dog when they moan or scratching at the door. If you do, you will teach them that scratching and whining, are what they should do if they want. This isjust because you more problems down the road, and it is easy to avoid.

You now know the most important steps to take, crate training your dog. This article is only meant to give you some basic tips to keep you and your dog up for success. Good luck.

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One of the most common problem areas early on for pet owners is house training your dog. House training your dog (or potty) is one of the easiest to train and conduct. The biggest mistake is that people for the obvious signals or events with the "go" as password sniffing predict gaze, walking around the house, or that "look concerned" until they step into a wet spot! Bad time to try to work out ".

They are reactive, angry, sad, and have this ridiculoustendency to believe that a puppy is rubbing the nose on the site, then the animal throws out the answer. This is not an answer on house training your dog and will not fix the problem. This is a consequence and punishment are only afraid of the puppy outside, then hide under the couch and pee, so that you have many small wet spots and wonderful aromas.

Rather than spend your time cleaning wet spots are smart about house training your dog. There are very predictable timesthe day when the urge to go is high.

In the morning
After a sip of water
After the consumption of food
Mid day (especially if your pet in the morning feed)
After dinner
Before going to bed

Take your pet to any one of these events. Very Young puppies may have to go more often with small blisters and high metabolism. By your pet often, especially after the above events, you have ample opportunity to go outside for your pet in the rewarddesignated area. In-between these events, keep an eye on your new pet and look for a practice that may go under the impression of. Better to take the animal out of a dry run, than to ignore the signals and clean the carpet.

It is important when you are house training your dog that you remove your pet immediately after reward. You may have to wait five or ten minutes at first. Praise your dog say what a good job it did. If it does not go, do not reward him. Insteadtake it calmly back here and try again a little later, but always keep a watchful eye on your pet. When there is evidence which shows to go on, take it outside and try again. Eventually it will go, and you can give your pet praise and rewards it. The more you can use your pet for going potty outside reward, the faster it will go outside will associate potty. Accidents in the house disappear. The time spent is much better than the beginning of time cleaning, angry, or purchasenew carpet.

If you follow these simple guidelines, you will notice that the process of training your dog house is simple and can be carried out in a very short time.

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20th July 2009 - short video of trainers trying to get Trua to breakspin. They attempted several times, and shortly after I shot this he actually succeeeded, but I was photographing it with my other camera instead of filming. D'oh! Again, apologies for poor video quality.



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The other night I went to my favorite buffet as I was craving a juicy rare steak. As I always did, I requested that they make me a rare steak as they do not serve it on the buffet rare. Since my last visit at the restaurant, there was a new manager. Prior to this visit I was able to get my steak cooked the way I like it. The new manager was not obliging. His argument was the danger of E. coli infection.

This experience got me to thinking about the excessive concern with E. coli, Salmonella, and the various food borne illnesses. While not intending to minimize the threat or the need for caution, I wonder if our concerns for these things have not grown to an extreme.

Everything in life has risk and we naturally weigh the risk against the benefits. Sometimes the only recognizable benefit is the enjoyment that we experience. While there may be some risk in eating a rare steak, even cooked foods can be contaminated. Improper cleaning of utensils, storing of food, refrigeration, etc can contribute to contamination.

Does bacterial contamination mean that you will get sick. I venture to say that it is generally the individual's particular health condition rather than the bacteria itself that makes one sick. It is how your own immune system reacts to the bacteria. A healthy immune system prevents bacterial infections by destroying infectious microorganisms that do invade the body.

All sickness is caused by one of two things, lack of proper nutrition and stress. That is to say if your immune system is healthy through proper diet, reduction of stress and adequate exercise, the risk of bacterial exposures to your system will be limited. A healthy lifestyle that includes regular exercise and a balanced diet helps curb stress which is the real cause of disease and illness.

It is interesting to note that the it is getting difficult to get a rare steak in restaurants. I surmise that the establishments are fearful of lawsuits. As a side note: Do a Google search for 'Chris Masterjohn' and read his interesting article on the health benefits of eating a rare steak.

If the restaurants are concerned with law suits, I would suggest that these establishments devise legal waivers that one would have to sign alleviating the proprietor from liability. This, of course, would only be necessary if you were to incur illness from a personal request for a rare steak if the restaurant did not as a rule serve steaks rare.

While not wanting to advocate lack of caution, I do suggest balance and common sense. There are many factors in life we cannot avoid. People come in contact with bacteria, viruses and diseases every day. There is also the unforeseen occurrence that befalls us all.

You could be driving home from work and have an accident that could land you in a wheel chair or be fatal, yet you do not stop driving. If we live in avoidance of all risks and dangers we would have to live in a bubble like David Vetter, a boy born with severe combined immunodeficiency who spent his entire 12 years inside a sealed plastic bubble which protected him from infections.

So in conclusion, I suggest that you live a healthy lifestyle. Exercise regularly (30 minutes at least 3 times a week), eat a balanced diet, take a multi-vitamin. Be sure to get plenty of sunshine, drink lots of water, avoid toxins, and practice stress reduction exercises.

If you do these things along with keeping a positive attitude you will probably have a healthy immune system. Then go ahead and eat, drink and enjoy a rare steak.

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It is the home of the Alamo ... and much more. For picture gallery of the Alamo Go - http://www.thealamo.org. One of the most interesting things to know that The Alamo is smack in the middle of downtown San Antonio. Make centrally on the situation!

I do not know how about you, but if I children during the holidays, I would like a bit of everything - fun, some thrills, some culture, good food, a learning experience. San Antonio has it all.

THE ALAMO

Sam Houston, DavyCrockett, William Barrett Travis, Jim Bowie, and Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana Perez de Lebron, better known as Santa Ana, would be disposed of no prisoners taken ... the line in the sand ...

American frontiersmen - including some of its most colorful leaders - (writes Lamont Wood) gather to support a revolution against a foreign despot, and keep pace against a massive opportunity. Until the climatic moment, where they are destroyed, with a large number of enemies with them. TheirVictims of changes in history. "

He continues: "It's one thing wrong about this romantic story, one that sets it apart from others is like it: not done, as described. And since then, the Alamo has lodged itself deep into the American psyche ... It has to do with the fact that we measure our experiences to the extreme situation, not against mediocre. The Alamo such an extreme. It teaches us that, even when you're surrounded, outnumbered twelve fifty, they have announcedThey take no prisoners, and they are pouring over the walls, in your soul, you too have options. You can decide that something is worth dying. It is here where you will stand. It is here where you will draw the line. "

Before you tour the Alamo, take in the IMAX film "The Price of Freedom". It is the story, to tell your children, and stir your soul.

Once you've seen this, Alamo and visited the souvenir shop (the children get a Davy Crockett outfit and get somebluebonnet seeds) Check out the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum and the Plaza Wax Museum. Then simply ride a horse.

RIVERWALK

San Antonio Riverwalk is just down the road from the Alamo. Get over the stairs to find themselves in another world - 3 miles of beautiful shops, restaurants, clubs and artists. Take a boat ride and get the historical tour of the city as you pass the building you are looking for. Come at Christmas and it's all lit with Christmas treeLights. So relaxing and beautiful and very romantic.

How unique is it? It's occurring in films, most recently, "Miss Congeniality" with Sandra Bullock and William Shatner (Captain Kirk).

BUCKHORN sedan and HALL OF HORNS

Just a short two blocks from the Alamo, you two stories about the search for "the most exotic collection you've ever seen, from our unique horn collection, to cowboy memorabilia and fish from the Seven Seas, a two-headed calf and lamb with 8 legs. "There is aShooting gallery and arcade, a restaurant, and of course a souvenir shop

BLUE STAR COMPLEX

To eat a complex of former warehouses with galleries and studios, contemporary art, student exhibitions, theater and alternative Brew Pub with handcrafted beers and good things. The Blue Star Arts Complex has a family-oriented activities throughout the year.

WATER FUN

Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort is located in the picturesque town of New Braunfels, just 30 miles from the SA airport.

AFamily firms place, it contains something for everyone - Hoses rapids, five stories high, and water fun house, an all-out fighting water cannons, thrill rides for the teens, and water play areas for children, with lifeguards (Lagoon Kiddie Park Pollywog Pond, Children's Haven, Squirt 'n' Slide) and large relaxing hot tub (paddle up to the bar for snacks, sodas and mixed drinks). Each of the toddler to the great-grandparents can be here one day.

Admission to the parkWater includes all rides and attractions, the use of hoses, life jackets, boogie boards and trams. Tips from a frequent visitor: wear water shoes. The pavement gets hot in the summer!

Schlitterbahn is open to full-time mid-May to August. The schedule is published on its website, as well as driving instructions.

WHILE in New Braunfels:

Play the small but challenging 9-hole golf course, spend some time at John Newcombe's Tennis Ranch, or a picnic in Landa Park,including trains, boats, paddles, rope swing and a bath in the river Comal.

There are also some great German bakeries and restaurants, and 6 miles west of town is Dry Comal Creek Vineyards - "Pretty enough to be nestled in the hills of a California valley or strategically placed on the rolling hills of southern France."

You will not want to miss the Snake Farm and Exotic Animal Park - part of the "Corridor of Curiosities," it is an experience. It has just a nice feeling to it,She has to travel as if you were a child. And if you're a fan Hummel are offering, the New Braunfels Museum of Art & Music (formerly Hummel Museum) Hummel figurines and drawings and paintings, it all began

GREEN, TX - "Gently resisting change for 100 years"

Located just on the way from New Braunfels on the Guadalupe River, visit Gruene, Texas. At the Grist Mill Restaurant You can dine outside overlooking the river and enjoy some fried catfish and TexasPinto beans and great Strawberry Shortcake. Spend the night at the Gruene Mansion Inn (http://www.gruenemansioninn.com) you on the National Register of Historic Places and Texas Historic Landmark And do not miss Gruene Hall, the oldest operating dance hall in Texas, and The arrangement of this wonderful dancehall scene in "Michael." Screened in, live music, a step back in time. I know I have some vintage play dominoes look around the bar. They have a gospel brunch with a Texas Twistand a huge buffet every 2nd Sunday.

Natural Bridge CAVERNS

See one of the longest soda straw formations in North America - 14 'in length. What is it? Come find out. Pan for Hidden Gems in the Mining Company.

Option - The Adventure Tour ... if you dare. A new experience spelunking. Physically demanding, you will be equipped with cavinf anxiety and may differ from the rope through a 160 'shaft be reduced (or use the Walk-) in the tunnel. Included abseiling, the adventure tour you willequipped with gear and caving may be replaced by rope through a 160 foot well shaft or you can use to reduce the walk-in tunnel

Natural Bridge Wildlife Ranch

Texas-style, you go through, and the animals to come to the car - free feed input given. There is a petting zoo and Walk-A-Bout. Open daily. Over 50 different types of Addax antelope to zebras, llamas, ostriches. "Horn-to-horn combat, the birth of newborns and mating rituals" included.

MARKETSQUARE

As the largest Mexican market outside Mexico-Billed, it is a good way to spend a few hours, with shops, entertainment, restaurants, and often celebrated a Mexican festival of some kind.

I told you it was something for everyone, and I have not even mentioned missions Trails, a tour of the Spanish missions, or the Alamodome. And of course the two major theme parks - Sea World and Six Flags Fiesta Texas.

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Have you ever watched the dog competitions on Animal Planet TV, where the dogs run through an obstacle course full speed ahead with minimal direction from their human partner? Have you ever wondered how do people train their dogs to? Have you wished you could do to your dog, 1 / 10 so far with only 1 / 4 of enthusiasm? The good news: You can find the perfect, enthusiastic, and obedient pet to learn to use the same powerful training tool the pros use, and this toolcalled clicker training.

What exactly is clicker training and how does it work? In scientific terms, it is a form of operant conditioning. This is when an animal shall intentionally a desired behavior in order to bring about a desired sequence. It was first developed to train marine mammals in places like Sea World. The coaches quickly realized that would be negative reinforcement does not work because the Dolphins would just swim away. , But also a way to highlight the desired behavior.It was impossible, the reward (a fish exactly) at the moment the behavior occurred, the marker signal, was born to give. For them it was a whistle blowing and if it was always a fish. Clicker training spread over the entire animal training industry and finally tricked up keeper.

The training is simple, but not necessarily as simple as timing is everything. First, the clicker by a series of clicks then a treatment over and over until that time when your doghears the tone, and he sees himself after treatment. After this begins to look aha experience can start, click on each desired behavior and you will be amazed at how quickly your pet will receive for ways to you, click. He thinks he's almost training you.

There are many different ways to train your dog and everyone will have his own opinion on the subject, but here are 5 of the best reasons I know are trying to give clicker training.

1 emphasis is on positivevs. negative reinforcement. To your dog is random punishment and almost always happens if the offending event. You might think he knows what he has done wrong, but rarely is the case. He can act remorseful but chances are he does not know specifically what he has done wrong. The difference in the attitude and enthusiasm between a dog who works to earn rewards rather than escape punishment is huge.

2nd, it is less confusing. The essential differencebetween clicker training and other reward-based training is the clicker tells the animal exactly which behavior earned him a reward. This information is presented with a unique and distinctive sound, the exact date of the desired behavior occurs indicated. He then knows the treatment will always follow.

3 dogs love it. Obedience training in a different way can produce, but it will never be the exuberance and enthusiasm of a clicker-trained animal. They love theirJob and it shows!

4th It works on all kinds such as dogs, cats, horses, fish on spouses and children. If the right reward, you can use the clicker training. For example, some dogs prefer a tug toy as a reward and some horses prefer a short break time for treatment. For human athletes, they have even developed TAGteach, applying the same principle, one click as a marker signal of precise physical motions quickly and accurately used.

5.It is amazingly strong. When clicker training animals to perform a behavior on purpose to bring about a desired result, they learn through operant conditioning. This is very different from the negative nature of the training when the animal associates an action, event or place, with an unpleasant consequences. The first behavior is intentional and thoughtfully, which is much stronger than the second type of learning, which is a reflex, or automatic.

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