Category: Tips & Tricks
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The Calm Exit & Return:
Building Confidence and Preventing Separation Anxiety One of the most important, yet often overlooked, parts of raising a confident, well-balanced dog is how you handle leaving and returning home. The energy you bring to these moments can shape your dog’s emotional development, and directly influence whether they become calm and independent or anxious and over-attached.…
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The Power of Independent Play
Building Confidence & Preventing Anxiety in Dogs When raising a puppy, or caring for a solo adult dog, one of the most underappreciated tools in a dog parent’s toolkit is independent play: allowing your dog to engage with toys and stimulation without your involvement. Far from being “boring alone time,” independent play builds mental resilience,…
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Should I Adopt a Dog or Buy a Puppy?
While DOGG!T supports all responsible homing for any dog on our planet, we will never encourage breeders who do not follow our responsible breeding standards. Setting a standard in breeding practices is the first step in helping the current problems our dogs face today: overpopulation in shelters, major health problems and extreme inconsistent temperaments making…
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Mythbusters! True or false?
It’s ok to only do Embark genetic testing when breeding dogs: FALSE! Embark genetic testing for dogs provides valuable insights into a dog’s genetic makeup, including potential health risks and ancestry. However, it is not sufficient for clearing breeding dogs from all health and genetic issues due to several reasons: Overall, while Embark DNA testing…