{"id":1713,"date":"2018-01-24T21:30:34","date_gmt":"2018-01-24T21:30:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/?p=1713"},"modified":"2018-01-24T21:46:41","modified_gmt":"2018-01-24T21:46:41","slug":"have-you-been-training-your-dog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/animal-welfare\/have-you-been-training-your-dog\/","title":{"rendered":"Have You Been Training Your Dog?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This January is the seventh annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.trainyourdogmonth.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Train Your Dog Month<\/a>&#8230; have you been training your dog(s)?<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps you and your pal are wild for weave poles, or maybe you just want a companion who won&#8217;t yank your arm off every time you go for a walk? No matter your situation and goals, this is a good time* to remember that there are huge benefits to socializing and training your dogs \u2014 for both you and your pets.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1714\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DogTrainingMonth-300x144.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DogTrainingMonth-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DogTrainingMonth-768x370.jpg 768w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DogTrainingMonth-1024x493.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/DogTrainingMonth.jpg 1350w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not just about teaching good manners. Training is a big part of building a strong, lifelong bond with your dog. How many dogs fitting the &#8220;energetic young dog with zero obedience training&#8221; profile that have been surrendered to shelters would be spared that experience if their owners had connected with them through training?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: 11.5px;\">*really, it&#8217;s pretty much always a good time<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1697\" src=\"http:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAIALogoTransparent-300x135.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAIALogoTransparent-300x135.png 300w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAIALogoTransparent-768x347.png 768w, https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/NAIALogoTransparent-1024x462.png 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This January is the seventh annual National Train Your Dog Month&#8230; have you been training your dog(s)?<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,11],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1713"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1718,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1713\/revisions\/1718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/naiaonline.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}