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05 Feb DOG’S BEST FRIEND: TRAINING LITTLE DOGS
In this week’s video from Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel, Ted Hoff gives us some ideas about working with small dogs with large personalities. Zoe, a mixed terrier, is Ted’s subject today, and we can see that under Ted’s tutelage, Zoe doesn’t behave differently from the...
28 Jan DOG’S BEST FRIEND: VERY IMPORTANT DOG
This week, Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel talks about a program he introduced for the first time last year, the “Very Important Dog” club. The video is also another chance to visit with the Cottonwood “home dogs”.
21 Jan DOG’S BEST FRIEND: AROUND ICE, CALM DOG
In his training sessions, Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel always stresses the importance of calming the dog in order for learning to take place. In this week’s video, Ted makes that point even stronger when working with your dog on a leash in...
14 Jan DOG’S BEST FRIEND: PUPS ON ICE
What’s more fun than watching a pup playing on ice? Give up? I couldn’t think of anything either. So check out Ted Hoff’s video this week, of young Labs playing on a frozen pond at Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel. Just in case you thought life...
07 Jan DOG’S BEST FRIEND: THE DOGS OF COTTONWOOD
If there was any doubt that Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel loves dogs, this week’s video should clear that up. All the dogs in Ted’s care, boarding, training, living at Cottonwood, are “his” dogs. Which is why Gina the Dog (early in the...
31 Dec DOG’S BEST FRIEND: DRAKE DEMOS THE REMOTE “STAY”
In this week’s video, Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel is working with his young Yellow Lab male, Drake. In demonstrating the remote “Stay!” command, Ted has to raise his voice, but it’s the distance, not his demeanor which has influenced the sound. The...
23 Dec DOG’S BEST FRIEND: TRAINING FOR “WHOA!”
As I’ve watched Ted Hoff work with the dogs at Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel, one of the things I’ve noticed time and time again is his clarity about the object being taught. In this video Ted is concentrating on one item with this young Brittany...
16 Dec DOG’S BEST FRIEND: MAE CALM AS OTHERS PLAY
Your dog wants to run and play with other dogs, and you have a mission that requires Rover to be attentive to you? Watch as Ted Hoff of Cottonwood Ranch and Kennel works with his Lab female, Mae, as the other dogs run loose. Maintaining...