From Disaster to Down-Stay: The importance of empowerment in dog training
“Get ready for a disaster,” I jokingly said as I prepared to pull my dog out of the car. I was attempting to teach my lab, Never, some manners… The dog that I’ve...
General Training
Your Dog Needs You: Tips for Walking Your Reactive Dog
Imagine this. You’re out for a walk… Your dog is reactive, and you’ve been working on it for a while. You’ve been making good progress but you’ve still got a ways to go....
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...
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...
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 a trainer that...