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Carla Jackson is a certified pet dog trainer who has Jackson Ranch for Dogs, a kennel-free boarding and training facility. She specializes in private training and behavior consultations. For a complete introduction to dog training, check out Cari Bowe's and Jackson's "Your Family Dog, Leadership and Training," an interactive DVD featuring local dogs and locations. It is available at many veterinarian offices and through dogwise.com or jacksonranchfordogs.com.

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Play Your Way to a Well-Trained Dog: Fetch!

Play Your Way to a Well-Trained Dog: Fetch!(11)

February 2, 2010 By Carla Jackson

If there were a People’s Choice Award for games to play with dogs, “Fetch” would win in a landslide.  Even non-dog people seem unable to resist tossing a ball when propositioned by a retrieving fiend.

The shared joy of play, along…

Play Your Way to a Well-Trained Dog: Fetch!
Service Dog Fraud - Quest for the Vest

Service Dog Fraud - Quest for the Vest

A word about service dogs: you probably don’t have one.

Want to drive me crazy?  Just ask, “Where can I get one of those vests so I can take my dog everywhere?”  This question is almost always asked by someone without a…

Play Your Way to a Well-Trained Dog: Hide & Seek

Play Your Way to a Well-Trained Dog: Hide & Seek

I could live in relative bliss with a dog that knew nothing but how to come when called. I mean the screech-to-a-halt, turn-on-a-dime, zoom-back-to-me-enthusiastically -no-matter-what’s-going-on kind of recall.  A reliable recall is the Holy Grail of dog ownership.

OSHA Approved

The most…

Torpedoes of Death Masquerade as Innocent Grass to Torture Dogs<br />

Torpedoes of Death Masquerade as Innocent Grass to Torture Dogs

I see foxtails. Everywhere.

Hordeum murinum or “Hare Barley,” a non-native invader from Spain, grows in healthy, thick patches along the trails and in open spaces where people walk their dogs. What appears to be innocent, lush grass in early spring…

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