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Lake Oswego Review – With Grateful Hearts

LucidDogTraining News

This Thanksgiving, the Lake Oswego Review compiled messages of gratitude from residents and business owners in the community.  The article is entitled, “With Grateful Hearts,” and we hope you see a few familiar faces while getting to know new community …

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Lake Oswego Leadership Class of 2015

LucidDogTraining News

This past fall, the Lake Oswego Chamber of Commerce kicked off their Leadership Program at Tilikum Retreat Center near Newberg, OR.  The focus of the program is to “build relationships and forge connections between community-oriented leaders who can help shape …

LucidDogTrainingLake Oswego Leadership Class of 2015

Lucid in The Oregonian – Print Edition

LucidDogTraining News

About a month ago, Monique Balas wrote a great article for her Pet Talk column with OregonLive, and Lucid was published there.  Recently, that blog article was sent on and published in the print edition of The Oregonian.  If you …

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Lake Oswego’s 50th Holiday Tree Lighting

LucidDogTraining Culture

It was great to see so many well behaved dogs tonight, especially considering all of the rain (and umbrellas) at Lake Oswego’s 50th Annual Tree Lighting. In conjunction with the Lake Oswego Chamber of Commerce, the City of LO kicked …

LucidDogTrainingLake Oswego’s 50th Holiday Tree Lighting

Lucid on OregonLive.com

LucidDogTraining News

Lucid Dog Training is now on OregonLive.com!  To find out how Lucid came to be, check out the great article written by The Oregonian’s Pet Talk writer Monique Balas. It’s been great to see Lucid in the news over the …

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Halloween 2014

LucidDogTraining Educate

At Lucid, we always want to promote doing what’s best for dogs, and we have some helpful tips to use this Halloween. 1. Your kids understand what it means not to eat all of their candy at once… your dog …

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Human Shaping

LucidDogTraining Culture, Inspire

As Lucid clients know, complex animal behaviors can be easily taught through a combination of shaping, targeting, and luring. All of these tools make for an effective end result, but it takes two key things: time and patience. With time …

LucidDogTrainingHuman Shaping

Every Dog Needs a GoPro

LucidDogTraining Culture, Inspire, News

When you make a product as slick as GoPro, marketing it in today’s social media savvy and extreme sports happy culture is seemingly easy.  GoPro videos such as Never A Dull Moment With Hannes Arch and Lion Hug are fun, exciting and …

LucidDogTrainingEvery Dog Needs a GoPro

Pet Parade & Woofstock – This Weekend

LucidDogTraining News

Lake Oswego has a long-running history with its Pets On Parade annual event. This year, Betsy from Betsy’s Pet Sitting Service is at the helm and the event has been rebranded Betsy’s Pet Parade & Woofstock. People and pets of …

LucidDogTrainingPet Parade & Woofstock – This Weekend

Anthropomorphism – New Series

LucidDogTraining Educate

Anthropo-what?? In the dog world, anthropomorphism is a controversial topic, and let’s be honest…We’ve all smiled at cute puppy pictures where the dog is dressed in a baby onesie. It’s hard to not think of dogs as the cute, little …

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Ice Bucket Challenged

LucidDogTraining Culture, Educate, News

August heat and vacation schedules sometimes make it easy to miss what’s happening in culture.  So just in case you haven’t taken notice of the Ice Bucket Challenge mania that has swept social media over the past week or two, …

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That Awesome Moment…

LucidDogTraining Inspire

… when we arrive at a client’s house to see that they’ve naturally taken their dog’s training to the next step never gets old. Sam (girl) took Friday (17 week old Toy Fox Terrier) from beginning shaping concepts a week …

LucidDogTrainingThat Awesome Moment…

Lucid in Oregon Business Magazine

LucidDogTraining News

Recently, Lucid was featured  in Oregon Business magazine in the article, Canine Inc..  We are excited to have been chosen for this article and thank Oregon Business for the publicity.  We are also honored to be mentioned alongside so many great …

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3 Things Dog Owners Should Know

LucidDogTraining Educate

Most responsible dog owners know quite a bit about their dogs.  There are, however, three very important topics that many dog enthusiasts know little or nothing about: 1) Local dog laws – breed restrictions, leash restrictions, pet limits, and more …

LucidDogTraining3 Things Dog Owners Should Know