Many pups may experience Separation Anxiety when our stay at home orders are lifted and we go back to work. You may find the following useful: Article from Dumb Friends League Dogs with separation anxiety exhibit behavior problems when they’re left alone. Typically, they’ll have a dramatic anxiety response within a short time (20-45 minutes) …
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Introducing Rudy & Jewels LLC
The mission of Rudy & Jewels is to help people enjoy their dogs in social settings such as happy hours and doggy birthday parties. We continue to stress self-control and manners as we teach K9 Detection Work/Find It. We currently have 24 dogs in our workshops in the Orvis store on Rt 7 in the Tysons …
Who’s the Boss???
There are many ways to help your dog understand that the people in his home are the ones in charge. It takes very little time but consistency is the key here. Take your dog off of “puppy welfare.” Nothing is for free and all good things come from you. This will strengthen the bond between …
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Angie’s List 2015 Service Award
Rudy’s Friends Dog Training, Inc. Earns Esteemed 2015 Angie’s List Super Service Award Award reflects company’s consistently high level of customer service Rudy’s Friends has earned …
Vacations can offer wonderful training opportunities
Missie, our 8 year old Black German Shepherd, spent a week in Ocean City, MD and had lots of new experiences. She is definitely not a water dog so our beach time was limited to short sessions. She surprised us with her very calm manner on the board walk while bird watching. We took her pad so …
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CCI DogFest Walk and Roll
Our trainers enjoy volunteering their time to work with Canine Companions for Independence especially since these service dogs are give to people with disabilities free of charge. We hold training classes for the puppy raisers who are also volunteers as they work with these young dogs for about 18 months. Then the dogs go to NY for more …
Training Must Be Fun
Make Training Fun For Everyone! This group of ladies and their dogs have been training with Rudy's Friends for several years and most started with our Basic Manners Made Easy class. They then went on to Manners II which included the Canine Good Citizen test, our Advanced Manners field trip class and then enjoyed our …
Why Teach the “Settle” Command?
My first response to this question is why not teach it! The settle command is one of the most useful tools for changing a behavior. It simply means go to a place and relax. Keep in mind that dogs often have difficulty doing two things at the same time so you are giving them another …
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