Author Archives: Where's Your Sit?

About Where's Your Sit?

Where's Your Sit? is a dog training company based in Nanaimo, British Columbia. Owned and operated by Jade Zwingli who has over 10 years' experience working with animals of all kinds.

Living with Cats & Dogs

Posted on December 11, 2019 by Where's Your Sit?

Introducing cats to a dog centric home isn’t easy and well to be honest always possible. If your dog has a really high prey drive (or even a moderate prey drive) you should probably just pass on having them together. … Continue reading →

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How to Successfully Adopt a Dog

Posted on July 5, 2019 by Where's Your Sit?

We recently adopted Remo, an 11 year old Chihuahua from BC Chihuahua Rescue. This adoption has been nothing but joy for your family – the way you envision it going when you add a new dog into your life. Unfortunately, … Continue reading →

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Motivational Dog Training

Posted on June 7, 2018 by Where's Your Sit?

Ok let’s face it – a lot of what we ask of our dogs to do isn’t that fun! Think about it, what dog actually wants to stay still or bring us back the dead thing they are eating? None. … Continue reading →

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Rude Dog? Here’s how to change it up!

Posted on May 10, 2018 by Where's Your Sit?

I work with A LOT of adolescent dogs (that period between 5 months old and 2 years old where your dog stops listening to you) and they often struggle with similar issues: Jumping up on guests (including mouthing/nipping, head ramming … Continue reading →

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The Human Side

Posted on January 5, 2018 by Where's Your Sit?

One of the most common issues I work with clients on is dog reactivity and aggression. I’ve discussed reactivity and aggression in this blog many times before but today I’m going to tackle the other side of the leash. It’s … Continue reading →

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Getting Started in Dog Shows/Trials

Posted on November 27, 2017 by Where's Your Sit?

Last weekend I drove to Calgary, Alberta for a CARO Rally Obedience trial with my dogs. I was excited and looking forward to seeing all my friends. Dog shows for me aren’t about being the best and winning all the … Continue reading →

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Dogs need Impulse Control Training

Posted on October 18, 2017 by Where's Your Sit?

One of the most common issues dog owners face is dealing with a dog who has poor impulse control. What does this mean exactly? Well it means you have a dog that is always reacting and not thinking. For a … Continue reading →

Posted in Behaviour Issues, General Advice | Tagged adolescent, barking, behaviour, biting, changing, dog, dog training, dogs, frustration, impulse control, jumping, leave it, lunging, manners, mouthing, polite, puppies, puppy, stay | Leave a comment

Compassion for Fearful Dogs

Posted on August 5, 2017 by Where's Your Sit?

My clients usually make up 2 select groups of dogs – the first group is the untrained, rowdy and often young dogs who have poor manners and drive their owners crazy with “naughty” behaviour and the second group is usually … Continue reading →

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My dog ate my homework…

Posted on June 16, 2017 by Where's Your Sit?

One of the oldest excuses students have given their teachers over the decades have been “my dog ate my homework”. Dogs do sometimes have destructive tendencies which is why even though uncommon this excuse is plausible. Dogs engage in destructive … Continue reading →

Posted in Behaviour Issues, General Advice | Tagged adolescent, anxiety, bored, chewing, destructive, pacing, puppies, ruins things, separation anxiety, training | Leave a comment

There’s Harm in Waiting

Posted on June 8, 2017 by Where's Your Sit?

Canine behaviour issues rarely appear out of nowhere. In the unlikely case that a behaviour issue does happen suddenly it’s generally related to a medical issue. The majority of behaviour problems have taken weeks, months and in some cases years … Continue reading →