2020
September 15, 2020 | by uptownpup | Uncategorized
When my Australian Shepherd was about a year old, he went through a series of unfortunate events that resulted in several emergency vet visits. For anyone who has followed Havoc’s story, you know that we haven’t had the best luck in a lot of ways. He quickly went from being an incredibly confident and happy […]
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June 16, 2020 | by uptownpup | Uncategorized
by Katie Genier KPA-CTP Dogs spend a lot of their time waiting around for something exciting to happen while we are at work, making dinner, watching tv, and many other human activities that don’t make a ton of sense to the dog mind. After hours of waiting around, it’s easy to understand why they may […]
Tags: clickertraining, dog behavior, dog enrichment, dog training, dogtips, dogtrainingtips, how to, indianapolis, Indydogs, indydogtraining, leashtraining, stop leash pulling, tips for teaching your dog
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May 13, 2020 | by uptownpup | Uncategorized
by Jimmy Maxwell KPA-CTP I am a video gamer, and I have recently been playing a very realistic race simulator while socially distancing at home. It’s probably the closest thing to driving a real race car that have, or ever will, experience. There are so many little things that go into race car driving, that […]
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April 27, 2020 | by uptownpup | Uncategorized
By Katie Genier KPA-CTP When I meet new people and tell them I am a dog trainer the most common response is, “That’s so cool! You get to play with cute puppies all day!” Yes, I do see a lot of puppies come through and that is definitely a perk. But the truth behind being […]
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February 5, 2020 | by uptownpup | Uncategorized
By Jimmy Maxwell KPA-CTP As a facility that offers almost any service you may need for your dog, we get to know a lot of people with a lot of dogs. As with any industry in which you are taking care of other living things, we get to know these dogs, and their people. Unfortunately, […]
Tags: dog behavior, grief, loss
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January 29, 2020 | by uptownpup | Uncategorized
By Jimmy Maxwell KPA-CTP There are a lot of terms out there that separate different training styles and philosophies. One of the first things that separate the training world are punishment and reinforcement. And at face value, we think we know exactly what these things mean. We often associate reinforcement with rewarding good things, and […]
Tags: behavior, punishment, reinforcement, Training
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January 16, 2020 | by uptownpup | Uncategorized
By Jimmy Maxwell KPA-CTP When I was first starting out in my professional dog training adventure, I was training service dogs through clicker training. It was very rewarding, but also very difficult. The number of behaviors that a dog has to have down pat, and in the short span of about six months, is a […]
Tags: clicker training, dog training, reinforcement training, Training
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January 13, 2020 | by uptownpup | Uncategorized
by Katie Spruill KPA-CTP When I adopt a new puppy, I teach them very few tricks that most dogs have in their repertoire. In the earlier months of a dog’s life, time is best spent socializing them to new people, places, other dogs, and experiences. This will help them become confident adults, but also help […]
Tags: clicker training, new puppy training, puppy, puppy training, puppy training help
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