I’m sure many of my regular readers will hear about this in the days ahead, but I wanted to post it here on the blog to give you all a head start on the training.

Beginning on January 1st and running for the entire month of January, new dog “parents” and veteran dog owners alike can visit http://newyearnewdog.yourbestdogever.com for daily lessons on how to train your dog to learn 13 vital obedience and behavior skills that are the foundation for raising a well-behaved dog.

You can read about why I’m doing this in the post below, or read the press release describing everything by clicking here.

I can’t wait to get started on January 1st. Please register early so you don’t miss a single day of training!

I’m going to make a quick post about this here and then just give you a link to a press release we just posted about this.

I’m really hoping you can all help me get the word out about this. It’s going to do a LOT of good for a LOT of dogs and a LOT of people.

You can help by spreading the word on Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter, bookmarking it on sites like Digg and Delicious, and emailing it to your friends, family and anyone else you know who could benefit from it.

Here’s the scoop…

As dog lovers, we all know that the tradition of the “Christmas puppy” is, despite the pleas of many experts, alive and well.

What this means is that this year tens of thousands of puppies and dogs will be given as holiday gifts.

Now, I may not agree with this tradition. And you may not either. We know that introducing a new pet into your home during the holidays simply adds more stress for everyone — including the dog.

But that doesn’t change the fact that it’s still very common.

So, while just about every expert agrees that this is not something they would recommend people do, the facts are the facts, and I want to do what I can to help.

Statistics show that a large percentage of dogs who are brought into a new home as “gifts” during the holidays will wind up abandoned and in shelters just a few months, or even weeks, after the “excitement” dies down.

And most of the dogs who suffer that fate wind up there simply because their new “parents” lacked the knowledge and skill to know how to handle common challenges that come with any new addition to the family.

So what I want to do throughout the month of January is to show these new owners how easy it can be to solve common obedience problems.

And I want to show you how dogs THINK, so that you can understand their behavior and STOP problems before they ever start. I want to show you how to create a lifelong bond with your dog, so that the two of you wind up truly becoming best friends.

During the entire month of January, for 31 straight days, I’m going to be releasing free dog training articles, demos, tutorials and videos.

If you need any help at all training your dog, this will help.

AND…

If you know anyone who needs help, then this is for them.

Anyway, I said I would just give you a link to a press release we posted about the “1,000 Dog Challenge,” but when I start talking about topics like this I find it hard to stop.

Please, click here to read the press release with all the details and then do what you can to help spread the word.

The dogs are counting on us.

You can get started now just by using the little “sharing” buttons in this post to share this on Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Dig, StumbleUpon, and many other services. Thank you so much for your help!