The Mindful Dog

Lets talk about how you should introduce yourself to a dog and the things you shouldn't encourage your children to do.

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The Sunday Cafe is hosted and produced by Mel Homer, the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

It can be so exciting bringing a puppy into your home, but it's not without its issues. So can you imagine what might happen if you bring into two puppies at the same time. You either have to be an amazing dog trainer or a crazy person.

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The Sunday Cafe is hosted and produced by Mel Homer, the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

Having a puppy can be hard work, but here are 10 things that you should never do if you want to bring up a well mannered and balanced puppy.

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The Sunday Cafe is hosted by Mel Homer, Produced by John Budge and the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

Tuggy is such a great game to play with your dog. But there are rules and you have to make sure that you and your dog abide by them to get the best out of the game. Find out how in this episode.

 

The Sunday Cafe is hosted by Mel Homer, produced by John Budge and the technical editor is Rorie McGregor.

So there is a lot of stuff on the internet about negative punishment and how you should use these horrible methods to train your dog. We discuss positive based training and talk about why this is a better was to train your dog.

 

The Sunday Cafe is hosted by Mel Homer, produced by John Budge and the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

How do we know if our dogs are playing nicely with each other. Many dog fight start with dogs playing nicely and then suddenly from no where they start to fight. Have you ever wanted to know why this happens, wouldn't it be great if you could anticipate it and stop it from happening? 

 

The Sunday Cafe is hosted by Mel Homer, produced by John Budge and the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

Its sad but true our dogs don't live for ever. So how does the death of one dog affect the rest of our family, both human and canine. What things should we do to make sure that the loss doesn't impact too much on the behaviour of the other dogs.

 

The Sunday Cafe is hosted by Mel Carly Flynn, produced by John Budge and the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

So your kids have been at home for the last few weeks on their school holidays. They've been playing with your dog and he has now got used to them being around. What happens when they go back to school. Do we need to prepare our dogs for the change, so we don't risk the change of seeing separation related problems?

Check out the blog - https://www.mindfulness4dogs.com/mindfulness4dogs/dogs-back-to-school-and-separation-anxiety/

The Sunday Cafe is hosted by Mel Homer, produced by John Budge and the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

So you fancy going on a holiday or just going out for a meal. But what do you do with your dogs? Well did you know that there are an increasing large number of holiday homes and restaurants in New Zealand that allow you dog to come with you?

The Sunday Cafe is hosted by Mel Homer, produced by John Budge and the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.

Can you teach an old dog new tricks?

 

The Sunday Cafe, produced by John Budge and the technical editor is Geoff Rooke.