Now onto our new giveaway for May, courtesy of WagAndBark.com. They have supplied us with two different safe, humane, pain-free anti-barking and training collars for dogs, as well as a Tic Taser so you never have to touch a tick again! That means with this giveaway, there will be THREE lucky winners!

In the past month, I have found a wonderful training method for my mischievous 8 month old kitten: a blast of cold air on her back from a can of condensed air. She hates the feeling, the sound startles her out of her behavior, and she immediately stops what she is doing. The training collars from WagAndBark.com work the same way. No jolts or painful electric shocks, no smelly sprays, no rolled up newspapers, no more cowering dog, afraid you’re going to reprimand him for something he doesn’t remember doing, whether it was ten minutes or three hours ago.

One lucky reader will win a complete JetCare System remote control training collar suitable for dogs of all sizes, over the age of 8 months. (Retail value $199.95!) One important element of dog training is to remember that dogs want to please us. They learn much better from positive reinforcement from the humans they love. This remote control unit allows you to train your dog without frightening him, and reward her when she stops doing something wrong and comes to you instead!

The JetCare^® System Education Pro Kit with Odorless Refill’s remote control has three buttons: 1) a sound button which alerts the dog it is time to cease his behavior; 2) a button providing a short burst of cold air (one second); 3) a button providing a slightly longer burst of cold air (three seconds). This training collar requires your participation. It is to redirect unwanted behavior and reward your dog when he is acting how you want him to act.

A second lucky reader will win a mini anti-bark collar for dogs under 17 pounds and over 8 months (retail value $119.95). This collar includes a microphone so that the harmless cold air spray will activate upon your dog’s bark.

A third lucky reader will win the very handy The Tic Taser™ with Piezo Electric System, “An effective and ecological method to eradicate ticks.” (Retail value $19.95.) This pen-shaped device uses no batteries. It works via the Faraday cage system of electrical charges. The ball at the end goes around the tick while it is attached to the body of its prey. Closing the “cage” around it creates a charge that destroys the tick’s neurological system. You can read more about the Tic Taser at WagAndBark.com.

Have I seen this Tic Taser in action? Thankfully, I have not as I have not yet seen a tick this year to test it on. But at such a great price, it would certainly be a wonderful gift to your entire family if you live in a wooded area and deal with ticks often.

How to enter:

1) Mandatory: Subscribe to the Go Fetch Gifts Blog via a reader or email (in the top right corner). This way you won’t miss out on all the awesome pet product giveaways coming up this year!

2) Mandatory: Leave a comment on this blog letting me know you subscribed and using which method. You also must include WHICH collar you would like to win: the remote control training collar or the mini anti-bark collar.

3) If you include in your comment that you now follow me on Twitter and “like” our Facebook page, you then get one more entry for each. Tell me your Twitter name so I can follow you back!

4) Tweet this for a bonus entry:
@LeighPeterson is giving away anti-bark & training collars at http://www.GoFetchGifts.com/blog/

Entrants must be 18 and older and items will only be shipped to addresses in the US. You may enter up to midnight Eastern time on May 27, 2010. Winners will be selected using random.org by June 1, 2010 and notified via email. Winners will have three days to claim their prize.

Good Luck!  Woof!!!

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So I interviewed many people who adopted pets and then realized they were in way over their heads. Some people innocently adopted puppies and kittens without realizing just how naughty they can be. Some knowingly adopted pets with issues but were still surprised at what a challenge it proved to be. But all of them stuck with it and now live happy, peaceful, loving lives with these pets.

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My Catahoula Leopard Dog, Mr. Blue, is a lover and a cuddle monster. But he also has a thick skin and a big head; literally and figuratively. The first time I met him, he bounded toward me up the stairs of my apartment, dragging his previous owner behind him, barely holding on. I got him at a mysterious age, and after a few months was bitten by him the first time I tried to take a toy away from him. (A tooth mark, but no bloodshed thank goodness.)

Mr Blue: Hard head, soft heart

He’s always been very sweet…extremely gentle with babies and children, and he loves my cats. A healthy disregard for most other dogs didn’t bother me, but what did bother me was a look behind his eyes, as if he could only be pushed so far. As much as I loved him, I didn’t completely trust him. And then I realized that I was being sort of a pushover, or at least that was how he saw me. He was testing me. He walked me, not the other way around. He thought he was top dog.

So when I heard about an easy dog training method called “nothing in life is free,” I was immediately intrigued. It has changed everything, and it was the simplest program I have ever tried. All I have to do is remind myself of the very title of the program.

Here’s how it works: no matter what Mr. Blue wants, he has to earn it first by doing one little thing I ask of him. If he comes up to me longingly, wanting some cuddle time, he has to sit and wait for the invitation. At feeding time, he has to sit calmly, shake hands, and watch the bowl get set down in front of him. He cannot eat it until I give him the OK. That’s it! Doing this every time, every day, has made him into a much gentler and more loving dog. He knows that I hold the key to everything he wants, and he wants a lot of love and praise. The great thing about this training method is he always gets love and praise, as long as he does one little thing for me first like sitting and being a good dog.

He’s gotten very good at this. Sometimes I’ll put something away or take out the trash before giving him the que. One time I even got distracted in the living room watching tv. He waited and waited for me to return to give him the OK to eat his food, but when I never came he didn’t go ahead and eat.  Instead, he walked into the room where I was, with that look on his face - “Hello??!! You didn’t tell me I could eat!”

Mr. Blue waits for the que to eat

Now instead of Mr. Blue dragging me outside in excitement, endangering me in the process, I go through all doors first. He must sit and wait patiently for an invitation to follow me. It’s a matter of respect, yes, but it is also good manners and a matter of safety. Another perk of this dog training program is that it gives me the opportunity to always be teaching him new tricks and keep him mentally stimulated. He is now a much calmer dog, and hasn’t bitten me again. I can take away any toy I want from him because I have shown him that if he is patient, he will get what he wants. He can trust me. But he has to respect me, too.

Feel free to look up the program to read more about it just by entering “nothing in life is free dog training” in to a search engine, but it’s pretty easy to grasp by just the title. I’ve already told you the basics. Never give your dog ANYTHING for free. Don’t pet him because he’s pawing at your hand. That just teaches him that being a nag works and that you work for him. Don’t give him a treat because he looks cute. That will just create an overweight dog who begs a lot. Don’t give him a toy because he won’t stop barking. That will create a noisy dog who bothers the neighbors. Nicely ask your dog to do something to get whatever it is that she wants. Every. Single. Time. It will become second nature as long as you remember the title of the method.

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