Our Dogs

Firstly, let's start off by acknowledging that 99% of people love their dogs or love dogs in general and want to do well by them. Their...

The answer to the question posed in the title of this article is that the answer to that question is going to vary by person and...

When I first apprenticing to become a dog trainer I was taught to assess a dog in a glance. I was taught to start with the utter basics....

I grew up in a volleyball gym from the time I was a week old on. I was placed in the corner, protected by my crib/playpen. And so, quite...

Here's my unpopular opinion for the day. Dogs in drive don't have to be assholes. Full stop. They can be excited and barking and in...

You can never let a ________ off leash. Fill in the blank. You can never let a sighthound off leash. You can never let a terrier off...

I work quite often with anxious dogs. I enjoy building confidence in fearful dogs. I live for helping build healthy coping mechanisms...

I just finished up one of my favorite classes I've ever taught or taken. The class was my new Real World Adventure class, which met at a...

I share my successes a lot. I think I blog about my successes even more, so now it's time to share some of the moments I just shook my...

I consider myself a LIMA (least intrusive, minimally aversive) trainer. I know some would certainly disagree and I will be honest, my...

I’d attended one prior practice when my future flyball teammates invited me to a flyball seminar by Colleen Morita that they were...

I’ve talked about observational learning before here. I haven’t discussed flooding before, mainly because I don’t utilize it heavily....

As an adult, I started in dogs through rescue. I had a roommate that had a three-legged Yorkie mix. He was neurotic but ultimately a very...

This is a topic that is much on my mind as I prepare to add Tabiri to my pack this coming weekend. My opinion on this topic is not a...

I can't tell you what to believe. Well. I can. But that won't make you believe what I tell you. I can only present opportunities,...

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'...

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...

If you ask to pet my dog as I'm walk