From Fearful to Fear Free | Fearful & Reactive Dog Training in Kansas City
From Fearful to Fear Free: Required Reading for Fear, Reactivity, and Aggression Cases From Fearful to Fear Free | Fearful & Reactive Dog Training in Kansas City If you’re working with me on a dog struggling with fear, reactivity, and/or aggression, this book is not…
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…
Soccer Team And Shock Collars
OK I try and share this video about once a year to show through humor and visual proof… That yes e-collars are painful… I am not throwing rocks at glass houses, and truly believe that there are no bad tools in dog training but there…
Teaching a Dog That Touch is Good :-)
OK had a client this morning with a Jack Russel Adult that would get overstimulated when getting pets and then very quick get frustrated and growl (no biting but scary to the owners and I am sure for those doing the petting)… Many of you…
Awesome Article on Music, Stress and Dogs!!!
Many of my clients (especially those in apartments) have questions of how to help with lonely pups and barking… This in many cases has to do with stress or dogs not being used to being alone (being a normal thing). We try feeding puzzles, crates…
Great Article on Leash Reactivity!
If you own a dog, and that dog pulls or reacts like a goon around other people or dogs on a walk, YOU NEED TO READ THIS ARTICLE!!! This is so much more a common issue than people realize and by isolating or not walking…
I love this Article (Please Read)
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE ENTIRE ARTICLE! This article nails it! Why do we always simple resort to saying NO when our dogs do something we do not like? What does “NO” tell our dogs to do? What kind of instruction are we giving our dogs…
Sometimes more is not always better… And sometimes we are not as smart as we think!
Ok I read this article and immediately thought of it as a way to help my clients learn to better work with, and talk about dog training better… Honestly this article could be the difference of winning or losing that dog/owner battle that you no…
Do I Really Have to Break Bad Behaviors???
Ok my challenge, write an article on about breaking habits. Chewing, digging, barking, etc.… Well that is going to require some talk about replacement behaviors vs breaking habits. Think of breaking behaviors as saying NO and replacement behaviors as saying YES… Why on earth would…
