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Woody’s Way: Teaching A Labrador Retriever Puppy

Woody’s Way Teaching All right sports fans, this is where you make a commitment to do it right.  There’s not a good dog trainer I know who doesn’t understand that you can’t train unless you first- teach. We’re going to peek back over our shoulder to the early nurturing period.  That’s where we begin our […]

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6 tips training Labrador Retriever by Woody Thurman, Labrador Retriever Trainer and Breeder

Woody’s Way: Let’s Get Started

There are six key principles when it comes to selecting and training a Labrador Retriever puppy that I have learned over the years:   Select Nurture Teach Train Test Evaluate     Selection Everything that you hope to accomplish as a trainer will either be reasonably easy or almost impossible depending on how well you do at […]

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“HOT” Dogs: Heat Exhaustion Dangers For Labrador Retrievers

  In case you haven’t noticed, summer is seriously here.  Not everywhere is as hot as we are here, but it’s hot almost everywhere.  You and I, like most humans, have a normal body temperature of 98.6 degrees.  Our dog’s normal body temperature is between 101 – 102 degrees (essentially 3 degrees hotter) Retrievers are […]

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Dog Ownership & Senior Citizens – Conclusion

In review, having a pet brings out the natural ability to nurture and love. Senior citizens get a lot of satisfaction and joy from caring for a pet and receive unconditionally love and acceptance in return. This love and acceptance can give the elderly a great sense of self-esteem and responsibility, which keeps them interested […]

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Dog Ownership & Senior Citizens – Part 5

Healthy Body and Mind A dog will not only make a good companion for sitting around the house. It can be a great encouragement to get outside and exercise as well. Senior citizens who have pets have been found to be much more active and healthy than those who do not. Having a dog helps […]

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Dog Ownership & Senior Citizens – Part 4

Dogs encourage their owners to go outdoors and get involved in more physical activity.  Dogs enjoy getting their senior owners to go outside, take a walk and remain physically more active. This helps to improve the physical health of senior citizens. A dog as sedentary as a lap dog can also help to greatly help […]

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Dog Ownership & Senior Citizens – Part 3

Direct Benefits that Dogs can Bring Seniors Dogs have always been regarded as best friends to man. Their loyalty and a number of other character traits render them to be of innumerable use to human beings. From being used as guard-dogs at home to helping the visually challenged, they always manage to be of some […]

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Dog Ownership & Senior Citizens – Part 2

A study published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society in May, 1999 demonstrated that independently living seniors that have pets tend to have better physical health and mental well being than those who don’t. They’re more active, cope better with stress, and have better overall health. A 1997 study showed that elderly dog […]

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Dog Ownership & Senior Citizens – Introduction

Americans are used to learning new terms and definitions which have become popular throughout our history. From the days of the Roman Empire, veni, vidi,vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) has carried its own distinctive meaning. Give me liberty or give me death; The buck stops here; Yada, yada, yada; The Graying of America. […]

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Dog Ownership & Senior Citizens – Introduction

Americans are used to learning new terms and definitions which have become popular throughout our history.  From the days of the Roman Empire, veni, vidi,vici (I came, I saw, I conquered) has carried its own distinctive meaning.  Give me liberty or give me death;  The buck stops here; Yada, yada, yada; The Graying of America.  […]

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