It's been my intention to write about a dog's various kind of drive for some time now, and it's still on my to-do list. In short, dogs'...

Yesterday, my husband and I took a walk with my pack plus our board and train dog. I had the board and train dog and Amalu. He took...

I have a lot of dog gear. Not a huge amount of collars, all my dogs only have a tag collar and a regular martingale and Anubi has a...

The question of nature vs nurture has been hotly debated time and again. There have been many studies done to attempt to answer this...

One time I was teaching an outdoor excursion class where we met in various locations and practiced canine manners in a real life setting....

I remember being almost through my dog training apprenticeship. My primary mentor was asking me if I had any questions (the answer was...

If you ask to pet my dog as I'm walking down the street on the way to see a friend or a client, I'm going to say no. If you ask before...

When I take out my muzzles, my dogs come running, ready for a party. They associate their muzzles with racing, which is one of their...

This is going to be a controversial, I'll just state that upfront. I've mentioned I'm a LIMA trainer before - Least Intrusive, Minimally...

This post is courtesy of a friend and client who requested the topic and I intend on expanding on the topic at some point in the future....

I love working with soft dogs - dogs that take instruction easily, that wilt if you're too firm with them, went are sensitive to you as a...

Picture a typical dog. What physicalities do you picture? What temperament do you envision? In my experience, chances are good that...

I recently took a break from social media. I get a lot of business and referrals from my Facebook pages, so I tend to be very active on...

One thing that comes up when I'm working with clients who have done a great job with socialization and raising their puppies is when...

Firstly, I want to start out by saying that I am not going to tell you whether you should or should not neuter or spay your dogs. That...

I've been running an experiment the past three years. When I say it like that it sounds so clinical, but that's the reality of raising...

One days when Amidi was thirteen months old we were getting ready for bed. My husband turned on his electric tooth brush, which he's...

Before bringing home Amidi, the first puppy I brought home at 8 weeks old, I talked to my vet. She wasn't the vet at the clinic I...

We arrived at my family's timeshare on the Olympic Peninsula. We have 5+ miles of essentially private beach. It has always been on of...

I’m a trainer who practices Least Intrusive, Minimally Aversive (LIMA). This is an outlook supported by the Association of Pet Dog...