Blog Entries ( training dogs )

The Best Ways to Take a Nature Walk With Your Dog

May 12th, 2012
Posted by Erin C. | Posted in Dog Safety, Tips

Eager to amp up your daily walks and expose your dog to new sights, sounds and smells? Take a hike! Hiking offers many benefits to both dog and owner, including a great cardiovascular workout and a healthy way to combat stress. In the past few years, my dogs, Chipper and Cleo, and I have trekked up and down small mountains, as well as taken ...

Crate Training a Puppy

February 15th, 2012
Posted by susan lyman | Posted in Tips

Crate training has always been the preferred way to housebreak a puppy because it takes advantage of his natural reluctance to make his sleeping place dirty. It also helps prevent any destructive behavior and keeps the pup away from potentially dangerous household items. However, very young puppies under 9 weeks of age should not be crated, as they need to eliminate ...

Should You Have More Than One Dog?

November 12th, 2009
Posted by Leslie Brown | Posted in Dog Facts, Personal Stories, Tips

Adding a second dog to your household can be a wonderful experience, although it’s not a decision that you can take lightly. Do you have enough time to give love to more than one dog equally? Does your financial situation allow for a second dog, and do you have time to do twice the work? Here are some of the opinions I heard from (DOG)SPIRED authors ...

101 Dalmatians on Tour

October 10th, 2009
Posted by Kelli Perez | Posted in News, Talented Dogs

The famous animated movie "101 Dalmatians" is now touring, and 15 Dalmatian pups are traveling, beginning in Minneapolis, on a tour bus with their four trainers. Starting October 13, these Dalmatians will be strutting around on stage. The pups steal the scene in act one and in the finale. It's a musical, so will the dogs be singing? What's it like to tour around on a bus ...