by Cindy | Mar 27, 2025 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, Pets, South Jersey
By Heidi Clayton Does your dog have the uncanny ability to know when you are on an important phone call and choose that time to stand directly in front of you and bark incessantly in your face, demanding attention? Do they continue to interrupt your phone call even...
by Cindy | Mar 20, 2025 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, Pets, South Jersey
By Heidi Clayton My dog training business is primarily focused on reward-based and positive motivation training. I have found that reward-based training is the most effective way to train my dogs. To teach my dogs new skills, I use rewards to elicit the behaviors I...
by Cindy Fertsch | Feb 27, 2025 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, Pets, South Jersey
By Heidi Clayton If you are trying to get your dog fit and want to walk them briskly for exercise but struggle with them pulling or biting on the lead, it may not be solely the dog’s fault. Most of the issues I see between dogs and humans on a lead are a result...
by Cindy Fertsch | Jan 30, 2025 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, Pets, South Jersey
By Heidi Clayton Helping your dog lose weight is a process that involves first finding the right diet and then formulating an exercise plan that will take the weight off of them. In the world of show dogs, we call walking our dogs to get them fit “roadwork.” Roadwork...
by Cindy Fertsch | May 9, 2024 | Atlantic County, Cape May County, Features, Pets, South Jersey
By Heidi Clayton The use of a harness to prevent pulling has become a hot topic in the dog world. The misconception among pet owners is that simply wearing a harness teaches them to not pull. Conversely, the resentment among some trainers is that they lead to...
