Calming Dogs During Fireworks Night: Coping Techniques to Help Soothe Staffies
We all want the best for our pets. To give the best care during festivities, Knowing about calming dogs during fireworks night is going to ease their obviously heightened level of anxiety. Thorough preparedness involves pre-conditional training, reassurance, distraction methods on the night, and post-anxiety measures to bring them back to normalcy. Part of training […]
How to Calm a Staffy Pup Down: Quiet Time Training
If this is your first dance with a Staffy pup, take it from someone with two of them – You absolutely need to know how to calm a Staffy pup down. I call it “Quiet Time Training”, and it’d likely work with any dog breed. I only have experience with Staffies and can say that […]
No More Obese Staffies: Free Feeding Vs Scheduled Meal Times
Is your Staffy trying to trick you into believing that they need MORE food? SBTs will eat as much as you let them unless they know instinctively that when they feel hungry, food is there. You need to train Staffies to trust you to feed them. We’ve all seen obese Staffordshire Bull Terrier pups. It […]
How to Prevent Dog Ticks
Regardless of what your vet tells you, dog ticks cannot be prevented. Walk your dog in long enough grass where ticks congregate, you’re likely to have to remove a dog tick. Collar or not. There are products that retailers and even vets claim prevent them, but read the guidelines, they’ll also state that you need […]