KISS Dog Training recommendations: Five Steps to the Perfect Pet. A great book on how to get started training your dog!
Great book on how to get started training your dog. I always think it is better to have eyes wide open when it comes to what needs to be done to be successful. This is a quick read/listen with five really important ideas/techniques to wrap…
The Benefits of In Home Puppy Praining in Kansas City
The Benefits of In-Home Puppy Training in Kansas City in Kansas City: In-home puppy training in Kansas City is beneficial for both the dog and the family. While having a dog trainer come to your home might seem like an unnecessary luxury, it might actually…
Tethers, What are they and Should I Use Them (Another Blast from the Past 2011 to be specific)
Now that is a word that brings up all sorts of emotions in pet owners; some positive and some negative. I hope this article helps to lay some ground rules for using tethers as well as give you some examples of how I use them…
A dog trainer in Kansas City covers a common question…Help, I need a Dog Trainer???
So there you sit, looking at a list of dog trainers on your computer screen. Your wife has made it perfectly clear…if you don’t get the dog’s “fill in the blank” behavior fixed, either you or Fido are going to have to find a new…
A funny little look at the insides of a Dog Trainers Brain…..
One of the most frustrating things about being a Dog Training is trying to explain and illustrate the importance and idea of management! So, I am going to attempt to use humor as a way to teach just what a trainer means when we say…
SO JUST WHAT ARE NON NEGOTIABLE RULES? A favorite from 2011…
Over the course of my blogs and my training classes, you have heard me refer to the “non negotiable rules” when it comes to human and dog relationships. It occurred to me that while I might give examples and even talk about them from time…
Dog Bowl Aggression, and the Wonderful Resource We Waste Everyday…Part 3!!!
The Second Technique…Feed your dog from your hand (or by hand!) So usually we look at feeding time as a hassle and waste this precious resource, then complain to our dog trainer (or anyone who will listen) that we just don’t have time to work…
Go To Bed
This post is about how to teach go to bed. If you have read my work, you know I believe in crate training, that is where go to bed comes in. It is a command that can be used to let your dog know it…
Re Post Thursday “My Dog Hates the Groomer!!! What Do I Do????”
Originally posted 2/3/2012: MY DOG HATES GOING TO THE GROOMER!!! WHAT DO I DO???? Ok, so your dog doesn’t like it’s nails trimmed, mouth touched, tail messed with, hates the hair dryer and could live life happily for the rest of his/her life without another…
Muddy Water…..
A wise woman once told me a story about “muddy water” and it really stuck with me. So much that it has actually become part of my dog training material. But before we get into the dog training part, let me tell you the story!…
