Who’s to blame? 3 Reasons your dog won’t “Out” their toy
“I’m having trouble with my OUT,” he said as I met him on the grassy field. “My dog just won’t let go of the toy. And when he does finally let it go, he’s so frantic, I always...
4 Steps to Teaching Your Dog Loose Leash Walking
“I’m trying to teach loose leash walking…” she pleaded, “But I’m struggling.” She went on to explain how, no matter the volume of treats she fed her dog, and regardless of...
5 Tips to Prevent Injury While Playing Fetch with Your Dog
She stepped out into the grassy field. Chuck-it in hand, and dog prancing gleefully at her side, she thought about work, and her mounting to-do list and then pushed it aside...
What Victoria Stilwell has that you don’t (Besides Fame)
It seems that every so often, I scroll across my newsfeed and people are sharing videos of the work of other trainers for the sole purpose of criticizing them. They do it with...
Fail More Often: The Single Concept that helped me overcome training setbacks
If you are regularly too busy to train your dog, you may need to start failing more often.
5 Simple Tricks to Ditch the Dog Odor in Your Home
I have dogs. Shocking, I know. In fact, I have MANY dogs. And my dogs live in my home. They lay on the furniture, they sleep in my bed, and during the day, I leave the front...
Hand Over the Cookie: 4 Reasons to STOP playing with your food
For those that know me, you’ve come to learn a few things about who I am… You know that I eat pie for breakfast… You know I’m a perpetual 5 year old… You know that I live (and...
Pajama Trainers UNITE: Why you should be training your dog LESS
Every morning I crawl out of bed around 6 am. I walk to the living room and let the dogs out. We say our good mornings, and then I brew a pot of coffee as they take care of...
Kids and Dogs: Are we REALLY setting the stage for success?
I’ve been seeing this meme floating around the Internet… And I’ll be honest, it’s driving me a bit batty… And I wasn’t going to write this (because I really try hard to stay...