http://www.fideliodogs.com/dogblog A day in the life of a dog trainer Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:04:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the last few weeks I've had a number of emails from potential clients asking what "methods" I use for training. Well, I just responded to another one of those emails and thought it's time to put my response in the blog. So, here is the text of the email ... http://www.fideliodogs.com/dogblog/2008/10/05/no-guru-no-method/ Dog training is all about repetition. Simple enough right?? Well, not really. The problem is that hardly any of us with any semblance of a modern lifestyle have enough disposable hours to do the large numbers of repetitions needed to get the dogs up to speed quickly. ... http://www.fideliodogs.com/dogblog/2008/09/29/what-is-the-fastest-way-to-get-your-dog-trained/ [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="173" caption="They are cute"][/caption] Yeah, You're right, they are cute but that's only half the story. I'm going to preface the rest of this post with the full disclosure that I had a Yorkie for 18 years. It went to college with me, and one summer ... http://www.fideliodogs.com/dogblog/2008/09/24/what-your-should-know-about-yorkies-before-you-bring-one-home/ We work with kids all the time around here at Fidleio Dog Works. Almost every family wants their children to be involved in working with the dog and that's a great thing. The more the kids work with puppies and older dogs, the more the relationship becomes cemented ... http://www.fideliodogs.com/dogblog/2008/09/24/dog-training-with-children/ THIS is why you need a dog trainer!This past week I had a client meeting that shocked me.  When I arrived at the client I was told that she had never been able to get her dog into her car.  NEVER in 12 YEARS.  When she moved to Austin she ... http://www.fideliodogs.com/dogblog/2008/09/19/why-you-need-a-dog-trainer/ Well, I've worked with quite a number of upcoming and new parents over the years but this week I had a wonderful experience of working with a client that is having twins AT ANY MOMENT. This family was a bit nervous about getting their dog ready as he'd had a history ... http://www.fideliodogs.com/dogblog/2008/09/10/getting-puppy-ready-for-babies/ This has been a puppy month at Fidelio Dog Works. I've got a number of clients that have gotten new pups in the last few weeks some of them brought from as far away as northern Canada. Getting these little guys shipped is no small task and we had ... http://www.fideliodogs.com/dogblog/2007/10/19/puppies-puppies-everywhere/ Here are the basics: One nine month old daughter that started walking two weeks ago.One Welsh Springer spaniel that needs MORE JOBS!One very tired dog trainer daddy that spends all day standing around with dogs. What's a dog trainer to do? When you add all of these things together there's just one answer ... http://www.fideliodogs.com/dogblog/2007/06/30/dogs-and-kids-or-what-a-a-lazy-dog-trainer-does-with-both/ I had a great time watching MythBusters tonight on the Discovery Channel. They did a whole show on dog myths, everything from getting away from tracking dogs to teaching old dogs new tricks. It was a wonderful example of what training can do for fantastic dogs. For those ... http://www.fideliodogs.com/dogblog/2007/03/19/dog-myths-on-mythbusters/ I would never have thought when I started FIDELIO DOG WORKS that we would make it to the point of being reviewed by the Wall Street Journal. FIDELIO was initially meant to be a small boutique dog training business. I wanted to have a limited number of clients daily ... http://www.fideliodogs.com/dogblog/2007/03/18/fidelio-dog-works-is-reviewed-by-the-wall-street-journal/