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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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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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 …
Wild Dog Becomes A Teacher
We lost our Rudy on 3/20/15 at the age of 14 years 7 months. I wanted to share his story with an article that I wrote in 2010 for NOVA Dog magazine. As a dog trainer, Rudy was one of my very most challenging clients. I met this beautiful yellow lab when he was only 3 …
Raising Puppies with Senior Dogs
We often have calls from people who have recently purchased a puppy but they also have a senior dog. This adjustment can be a process and it's important to give an older dog some space at times. Baby gates and play pen types of enclosures are perfect to help with potty training and to also …
Rudy’s Friends Photo Contest @ Viva Vienna 2014
K9 Detection Work/Find It
It's been an exciting week for K9 Detection Work with Rudy's Friends Dog Training. We started classes at the Reston Community Center and also at Pro Feed Pet Nutritional Center in Vienna with a total of 14 dogs. This great activity builds on a dog's natural instinct to hunt and it's FUN. Our classes started …