Conduct "play training" where by training tasks are made into fun games and your dog's play drive is used as motivation. There are a lot of really good books available on this type of training.

Intelligent dogs can also be stubborn, so you may have to outwit them! While training your dog, you have to make him want to do what you want him to. You can't make him do stuff unless it is fun. Otherwise you are wasting both your time and his.

Try to make your dog's training so fun that it becomes his or her favorite activity. This will make learning much easier and more enjoyable.

Most dogs love to play! You can make your dog happiest just by spending some time with them, giving your undivided attention each day. Without this, your dog will feel ignored, bored, or think they're in trouble. When this happens they're more likely to chew, tear things up, and not listen to you.

Here are some tried and true tactics you can use to make your dogs listen to you more:

When playing with your puppy, play at his level. If play is encouraged at ground level, this builds your role as dominant, or "top dog", when you are standing and training your puppy. If puppy is allowed to jump up and initiate play, then this can lead to unwanted jumping up as your dog gets older.

From very beginning, make sure your dogs know you are master. This is usually accomplished with simple tasks such as teaching dog to raise it's paw for a handshake; kissing your hand; or rolling over on command to show submission.

There is no need for extreme measures to prove you are boss. Obedience training should be both fun and rewarding for you and your dog.

Just as that which is red is known to enrage and attract a bull, dark clothing will invite mosquitoes. Avoid tendency to wear garments that are darker in color or shade, if you’re interested in keeping mosquitoes at bay. In addition, scents such as colognes, perfumes and after-shave also provide an invitation to these pesky insects.

Air-Conditioned environments are not conducive to providing type of scenario that mosquitoes prefer. Whenever possible, stay indoors in a climate-controlled area so that you’ll remove possibility of mosquitoes becoming a nuisance. You may still find occasional errant mosquito, but will typically be safe in air-conditioning. This is true for both daytime and nighttime hours.

If at all possible, try to avoid participating in outdoor activities at night. After sun goes down, atmosphere is ripe with mosquitoes, and possibility of being bitten is increased significantly – especially if there happens to be a body of exposed water nearby, since this is a breeding ground for mosquitoes.