Is it time for you to add a new member to the family?

by Precious K9s - Dog Training, Dog Behavior, Springfield, Missouri | Apr 20, 2017 | Dog training

It is so exciting to bring a new puppy home. We get to go shopping.We take it everywhere with us and show everyone. It is exhausted by the end of each day and sleeps with us perfectly… Then we go back to real life… Now we have a little peeing, pooping, and...

When should you start training your new dog?

by Precious K9s - Dog Training, Dog Behavior, Springfield, Missouri | Mar 15, 2017 | Dog training

When should you start training your new dog? The long and short answer is…” Immediately”! First impressions are important with humans, but imagine what they are like for a dog… They are brought out of familiar surroundings and put into a whole...

Unwanted Behaviors

by Precious K9s - Dog Training, Dog Behavior, Springfield, Missouri | Feb 2, 2017 | Dog training

I often times start out a lesson listening to all of the things a dog does that the parents don’t appreciate. “How can I get my dog to stop digging, barking, shredding my house, etc.”? The long and short answer is…EXERCISE… Yep it’s...

Can you fix every dog?

by Precious K9s - Dog Training, Dog Behavior, Springfield, Missouri | Nov 29, 2016 | Dog training

As a professional I am asked difficult questions weekly if not daily.  One of the hardest questions I have been asked over the years is, “Can you fix my dog”?   Unfortunately, the answer is more complicated than just “yes” or “no”....

Resource Guarding

by Precious K9s - Dog Training, Dog Behavior, Springfield, Missouri | Aug 22, 2016 | Dog training

  How many of you have brought home a new dog…loved everything about it… and then one day it growled or snapped at you over a toy, or it’s food, or a piece of trash?!?!  This is a behavior called Resource Guarding. It is a behavior all animals do to...

Walking with your dog should be like therapy.

by Precious K9s - Dog Training, Dog Behavior, Springfield, Missouri | Jul 8, 2016 | Dog training

There aren’t many things that are as relaxing as going on a long walk with your dog…right?! Okay, so some of you are laughing right now…but hang in here with me…Picture you and your dog on the perfect walk. Choose where you like to walk...