Rewarding your dog may seem like a simple task on the surface, right? But properly rewarding your dog is more than just giving them the food and hoping for the best. Problems come up when our signals are confusing and the dog can’t interpret them. That’s why we’re big fans of consistency and simplicity in…
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Must-Follow Tips for New Dog Owners
Every dog owner wants a healthy and happy pet, but it isn’t always easy. Dogs need care and attention to thrive, and they can be difficult to manage at times. To make sure that your new dog is healthy and happy, follow these three rules: Make Your Dog Comfortable With Boarding Whether you travel for…
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4 Benefits of Dog Daycare with Artificial Turf
Upstate Canine Academy is proud to offer the largest outdoor play area in the Albany and Saratoga regions with premium artificial turf. Unlike the artificial turf, you might find on a sports field, the pet turf in our Clifton Park dog daycare facility is specifically designed for dogs. It not only looks nicer year-round and…
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Teach Any Dog Reliable Off Leash Recall with an E-Collar
Off leash recall is something most dog owners want to accomplish, but getting your dog to reliably come back when called is a hard task. In my opinion, it’s a privilege, and it can be very dangerous if your dog doesn’t listen to you off-leash. Modern remote e-collar training is taking the dog training industry…
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How to Teach Your Dog the “Go to Bed” Command
Today, I’m going to teach you one of my favorite commands to teach any dog – puppy or adult – the place command, or “go to bed” command. Basically, this is a send away command. So anytime you have people or company over, or you’re leaving the house, or you just need space, you can…
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Faster PickUp Process for Doggie Daycare
Beginning Thursday, November 19, Upstate Canine Academy will be adding text messaging to our contactless pick up process to make it faster and easier to pick up your dog from doggie daycare. Simply text (518) 723-3006 with your dog’s first and last name (ex. Bailey Smith) when you have arrived, and we’ll bring your dog…
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Off-Leash Recall Training Using an E-Collar
The recall command is arguably the most important command when it comes to off-leash training. When walking with your dog off-leash it is super important to be able to recall your dog 100% of the time, with and without distractions. If your dog starts chasing a deer while hiking off-leash in the woods, you want…
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How to Train Your Dog to Walk Nicely on a Leash
In this behavior modification training session, an overly-friendly, one year-old golden retriever is struggling with leash pulling, jumping up, and being reactive to other dogs. Professional dog trainer Tom Davis walks us through how to train a dog like this to walk nicely on a leash using safe, effective dog training methods. Rather than trying…
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How to Fix Resource Guarding
This aggressive german shepherd has severe resource guarding behavioral problems. Professional dog trainer Tom Davis walks you through the entire dog training process and how to work with an aggressive dog. The dog in this training video, Jeffrey, resource guards to the point that he is resource guarding his owners to other people. His owners…
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How To Introduce E-Collar Training
I personally think that the e-collar is single-handedly the best dog training tool that has come out. With a lot of the advancements that we have now with the e-collar like the GPS trackers, vibrate modes, and tone modes, we can create Pavillonian effects and it has really given us more options and versatility when…
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