Congratulations to The Woodlands Dog Park Club for raising $14,000 to construct a new dog park for shelter animals. They are just $11,000 shy of their goal of $25,000 to build the new park. Part of the fundraising effort was the Bandit Tree, part of the Festival of Trees fundraiser. Bandit was a very special dog who captured the hearts of  U.S. forces serving in Afghanistan. You can read about his story here. And check out a YouTube tribute to Bandit below.
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Dog training is important for your relationship with your dog for a number of reasons:
Dog training establishes a way to communicate with your dog using hand signals, body language and specific command words.
Dog training gives your dog a job to do. Our dogs are intelligent creatures and their minds must be stimulated with constructive things for them to do, which is why most dogs that don’t have any dog training tend to be destructive and have multiple dog behavior problems. Unfortunately, when this happens, the dog is usually stuck out …

Of all aspects of dog ownership, house-training is the most prominent and the most important. From the first day a dog comes into his new home, there is a sense of urgency that pushes us to house-train him as quickly and thoroughly as possible. However, just like any other kind of training, house-training requires patience, persistence, and an understanding of your dog’s instinctive habits. Once your dog is properly trained, you will both be calmer and happier with his daily routine.

Reasons for House-Training:

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No, this is not about Kitty Boot Camp! If training your cat to sit, stay and heel is your goal, perhaps you should get a dog. This article is about training cats to use the litter box instead of the carpet and a scratching post instead of the stereo speakers. If you’re like me, you admire your cat for being a cat and you want them to behave as nothing other than a cat, but a well-behaved one.
The key to training is to make sure that whatever you want your …