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Choosing a Pet ID Tag for Your Harrier

How to Pick an ID Tag for Your HarrierChoosing a pet ID tag for your Harrier is like purchasing an insurance policy – you do it with the hopes that you’re never going to use it. The “possible price” of not having a pet ID tag is more costly than the “actual price” of purchasing the pet tag itself.

The type of pet ID tag that you buy is crucial, so take 5 minutes or so to consider it. Impulsively choosing a collar tag just because it’s cheap or trendy often ends up being unwise, down the road.

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Building a House for Your Harrier

Build a House for Your HarrierOver 50 percent of the population allows their Harriers to live indoors and sleep on the couch or in the bed. For those of you all who are wanting to know how to build a dog house for your Harrier, to follow are our easy rules to follow when determining what type of shelter you want to build for your Harrier.

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Teaching a Harrier To Jump for Agility

Teach Your Harrier to Jump for AgilityThis post is about how to teach your Harrier jumping for agility. Often we are asked, “What number of jumps is best to start with?” You can never have too many solo jumps to teach agility. One good starting point is 4 jumps. This is the fewest number of jumps suggested.

Teaching a Harrier to jump: Start with Four

You can teach a Harrier a variety of exercises, drills, and skills with four jumps. 4 jumps will allow you to work on a short jump chute or jump grid. You can setup a “box” with your jumps and practice handling, collection, and 270 degree jumps. You can teach your Harrier jumping right and left. You can be out of the box and send your Harrier or you can handle from within the box. Your jumps can be staged in a lateral line, so you can practice serpentines and threadles.

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Is The Harrier Puppy Right For Your Family?

Should you get a Harrier puppy?Sooner or later, every parent is going to hear: “Mom, can we get that Harrier puppy?”

Instead of dodging the question, parents are advised to think about whether the clan is prepared for a puppy, especially a Harrier, says Sharon Bergen, senior vice president of education and training for Knowledge Learning Corporation, this nation’s foremost provider of early childhood education.

While thinking about “should you get the Harrier” Bergen suggests parents weigh the benefits and drawbacks of bringing the Harrier to the household prior to giving in to a kid’s request. “The Harrier can teach your children responsibility and be a welcome addition to the family-or it can be a regret,” she says. Bergen suggests families think about the following before committing:

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Three Tricks You Can Teach Your Harrier Now

3 Tricks To Teach Your Harrier
3 Tricks To Teach Your Harrier

To teach your Harrier tricks, even easy ones, you need to get some delicious snacks, be in a secluded suitable place and hold the instruction sessions to under fifteen minutes or your Harrier will begin to get tired. Keep in mind when he gets something right give him great deals of appreciation and a reward snack, though take care not to get him excessively fired up or he might lose concentration.

Teach your Harrier to give you his paw

To teach your Harrier to offer you his paw, first

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Important Harrier Care Tips

harrier care tipsOwning dogs, especially providing care for the harrier, is a specialty of people. Some historians have proven dogs were domesticated between 12,000 and 25,000 years ago—and that canines evolved from wolves. Since those days, humans have selectively bred more than 400 breeds, which range in size from 4-pound teacup poodles to Irish wolfhounds, whose 3-foot stature has earned them the title of tallest canine. But the most widespread canines are non-pedigree dogs—the one-of-a-kind dogs known as mixed-breeds. The harrier is another favorite pick among dog owners. Some owners are uninformed, however, of some important harrier care tips.