Pawsitive Futures Blog

Barking is normal—it’s how dogs communicate! But when it becomes excessive, it can cause stress at home. The key isn’t to stop barking, but to understand why it’s happening. From stress and boredom to attention-seeking or breed tendencies, each has a root cause. Once you know the “why,” you can create a plan to manage and prevent it for a calmer, happier household.

Bringing home a puppy is exciting, heartwarming, and a little overwhelming. Puppies are adorable, but they also require guidance and structure to grow into confident, well-adjusted adult dogs. Unfortunately, many new puppy owners unknowingly make mistakes that can affect their puppy’s development for years to come. Here are the most common pitfalls — and how to avoid them.

Meet Shroom! Recently, we unexpectedly added a new puppy, Shroom, to our lives! Shroom was found wandering with some wounds and was...

Check any social media platform, online forum, or ask your neighbor/aunt/coworker for dog training advice. You’ll probably find yourself swimming around in a massive pool of different or conflicting advice, yet everyone makes it sound so easy to get results. Why isn’t it working for you?!

While there are many ways to reinforce desired behavior from your dog when training them, one of the most common and effective means to...

What is Rally Obedience? Rally is a fun sport you can do with your dog to implement some basic skills into a course that you walk at your...

It’s no secret that we utilize a lot of positive reinforcement, usually in the form of high value food and treats, to address reactive...

As a dog trainer, I hear frustrations along these lines from almost every one of my new puppy clients when we're getting started with...

As training and behavior professionals, we just about always encourage dog owners and new puppy parents alike to seek training for their...

Small breed dogs can be “left out” of a lot of training conversations we see both in-person and on social media, despite a large number...