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Bracing is the first thing I teach the skijoring or mushing dog. Mostly because I am such a klutz that they spend most of their time helping me back up!

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Nothing beats a nice day hiking in the woods with a couple of dogs.

Humane Domane in Sykesville MD will be offering a snifferdog sport class.  This program will walk the human and canine teams through the introduction skills of snifferdog sport.  The class includes the snifferdog sport instinct test.  It is four weeks long and introduces participants to the skills needed to participate in snifferdog sport events.

FMI or to register visit www.humanedomaine.net

If you would like to offer snifferdog sport introduction classes at your facility or location please contact laura at lauratotis@gmail.com

FMI on snifferdog sport please visit www.snifferdogsport.com

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Our Basic good manners and obedience programs put an emphasis on developing good communication skills and a good relationship with our dogs. The emphasis is on gaining enough control so that you and your dog can do fun things together. Techniques are non confrontational reward based training.

We do not dictate equipment but we often make suggestions for equipment that will help you reach your training goal quickly and efficiently.

We let the individual dog determine the reward system food, toy, praise, attention, etc.

we have two group class programs

at Lucky Stars Country Kennel we offer a 4 week program that is a fast paced class introducing dogs to good manners. Thursday evenings from 6-7 pm

In Frederick we are offering a 6 week program introducing dogs to good manners and basic obedience skills. Wednesday evenings from 6:30 - 7:30 pm

We are taking applicants for our winter tricks class That will be starting early February.

For more information, to discuss your pup, or to reserve a place for your pup please call (410) 236-2788

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Originally uploaded by Laura & the pack.

Our Basic good manners and obedience programs put an emphasis on developing good communication skills and a good relationship with our dogs. The emphasis is on gaining enough control so that you and your dog can do fun things together. Techniques are non confrontational reward based training.

We do not dictate equipment but we often make suggestions for equipment that will help you reach your training goal quickly and efficiently.

We let the individual dog determine the reward system food, toy, praise, attention, etc.

we have two group class programs

at Lucky Stars Country Kennel we offer a 4 week program that is a fast paced class introducing dogs to good manners. Thursday evenings from 6-7 pm

In Frederick we are offering a 6 week program introducing dogs to good manners and basic obedience skills. Wednesday evenings from 6:30 - 7:30 pm

We are taking applicants for our winter tricks class That will be starting early February.

For more information, to discuss your pup, or to reserve a place for your pup please call (410) 236-2788

Excited about participating in the new sport snifferdog?  Want to stay up to date on the latest developments?

Membership includes

The “Ultimate Partnership Newsletter” with information on how to train your snifferdog, upcoming events and workshops, photos of participants in the events, and any other information pertaining to the snifferdog sport.

An Official Snifferdog Bandana for your canine partner.  (Some snifferdog events include a patch that can be added to your dogs bandana)

A snifferdog membership card

Discounts on most “official” snifferdog products.

Annual membership is $25.00

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Aron when she was about a day old is in the SAR vest. I like to tell people that the time to start training their puppy is as soon as it is hatched. The truth of the matter is that it is much easier to teach it right the first time then to correct bad habits once they are developed later. Along those lines if you are seeing some behaviors you are not pleased with the time to fix the problem is before it becomes an established behavior. Not that you can not teach an old dog new tricks just that you need to put a little more effort into teaching the old dogs than the new pups.

A nice article by Kathy Ansell of The News Journal about recovering your lost pet.  she has some good pointers in the article for recovery and especially the value of a quick response to a missing pet. 

http://www.delawareonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070202/ENG17/302020012/-1/NEWS01