Category Archives: Tips and Tricks

In a pickle with your pup, but wanting to deal with it yourself? Here’s some handy advice to help you and your pooch live happily ever after.

Dog Park DOs

Everyone wants to have a good time out with their dog.  In search of that goal, almost all urban dog owners will wind up in a dog run sometime.  Sometimes though, this doesn’t always go smoothly.  Here some simple tips to keep in mind before you and your four legged friend make the trip to … Continue reading

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Consitent Pack Leadership and Scent Marking

Hello…Hello. One of the most common “issues” we deal with is “My dog is randomly peeing in the house” or worse yet on the bed or couch. Well, if your dog is that dog that pees 157 times on a walk around the hood then you have a dog that is dominate in it’s nature. … Continue reading

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Dominant Female or Imbalanced B****

Here at WGO we enjoy taking on the challenge of those difficult dogs that most chains store will turn away in a nano-second. We honestly owe everything to the dogs. We may be their leaders but social learning is huge and success truly comes from forming the right packs with the right dogs for the … Continue reading

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Believe it or not, they can tell the difference

What I believe to be a new “Rule of Thumb” (if it already isn’t one) is this: If you don’t want them to chew it when it’s new, don’t give it to them when it’s old! Dogs, believe it or not, can not tell the difference between objects that are old and objects that are … Continue reading

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Ditch the Dog Run

We all love to bring our dogs to the dog run. We want them to be well socialized. The problem with this is that too many people bring their dogs to the run to release energy. Or they bring an unstable dog in the run. Both big no-no’s in dog run etiquette. Instead, try finding … Continue reading

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