What kind of Dog Trainer am I ?
What kind of Dog Trainer am I? OK, so this is a presentation I did way back when, 2011 to be exact (way less grey and a lot slimmer), but the question of “What Kind of Dog Trainer Am I came up, and you know…
🐾 How to Crate Train Your Dog Without Anxiety
🐾 How to Crate Train Your Dog Without Anxiety Let’s get right down to it… If the only time you use the crate is when you leave the house or go to bed, the crate becomes associated with one thing: Losing the family. That’s not…
Leave It vs Drop It: The Most Misunderstood Commands in Dog Training
Leave It vs Drop It: The Most Misunderstood Commands in Dog Training A few years ago, I got a panicked phone call from a very small owner with a very large Rottweiler named Jake. Jake had just proudly brought a dead squirrel through the dog…
Covid-19 Corona Virus…Possible Puppy/Dog Issues As We Return to Normal
There are a lot of new puppy owners or even older dog owners out there and many are finding it really hard to socialize their pups in this world of social distancing and in-home confinement during this Covid-19 scenario… I have talked to several trainers…
Muscle Memory, In regard to Reactivity/Aggression….
OK while I guess you could say this blog is about generalizing an idea, which I really try not to do… I think this is one is really important to the idea of reactivity/aggression in dogs on leash… I need folks to really grasp how…
Another way to look at Over-Stimulation…SURVIVAL MODE!!!
🐾 What Is Your Dog Practicing When You’re Not Home?
🐾 What Is Your Dog Practicing When You’re Not Home? 🎯 The Training Blind Spot Most Dog Owners Miss Training doesn’t just happen when you’re working with your dog — it happens all day long. Most dog owners believe training happens during training sessions. You…
Fear Periods and Socialization
Park Bench Bingo
OK, one last way to work on leash reactivity with your dog, or as I like to think of it, paying attention to you vs. the distractions that used to send them over their threshold ????… PARK BENCH BINGO!!! Now to be fair let’s recap…
Leave it (At a Park)
So, you have mastered the commands of Leave it, and Watch Me (well you know them and so does the dog, but only in limited environments ????) You have even added the leash in the house and worked in the car, with the presence of…
