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
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
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
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
Shiny New Tricks: A simple life hack to build better dog training habits
I used to be a lazy trainer. Not lazy in that I skipped steps… Or jumped to less than ethical methods to reach my goal quickly. No, not lazy like that. I was
The Sky Isn’t Falling: Teaching bravery to a fearful dog
This is Tej… We lovingly call him “Bones”… ...or Tedgy… ...or “Chicken Little”... And he arrived at our house last week for a little bit of help to learn to be brave. You see, Bones
Getting Prepared: Simple tips to handling off leash dog encounters
Well, …it happened. I was walking my dog on the trails behind my house yesterday… You know, the trails where leash laws are in full effect… Where there are periodic signs that
Don’t Walk the Dog: Why walking your reactive dog might be making things worse
I remember when I got my first dog. I mean, I had dogs growing up, but Koby was MY first dog. I got him when I was in college, and