I’m sharing games to help improve your dog’s loose leash walking that will help turn your dog’s focus to you when there are distractions ahead. It starts easily at home [...]
Car sickness in a dog or puppy can be heartbreaking. My puppy has been getting car sick, and I’ve been documenting what I’ve been doing to help her. If your [...]
In podcast episode number 258, I described “The Threshold Game.” And it's a game that I put together for one of my students who had an over exuberant puppy [...]
If you are like most people, you take your dog for a walk for exercise or for a potty break. Surprisingly, one of the questions I get asked frequently is when and [...]
As we kick off the fourth season of Shaped by Dog, I decided that I would share a lesson directly from our online classrooms. And I think this lesson, in a large part [...]
If you’d like to train your dog to walk beside you on a leash without pulling, you are in the right place. There is one mistake that most people make when they are training [...]
Dog training by nature is quite nuanced. By that I mean, there are gross behaviors that most dog owners can get to some level. Sit, down, and fetch. But to get [...]
In today's Shaped by Dog episode, I'm going to tackle a difficult conversation. And I want to convey the compassion and empathy I have for everybody when [...]
Safe, structured introductions for a new rescue dog or puppy will set everyone up for success. When you have two or more dogs, your wish as a dog owner is that they all [...]
There is one thing that you can do easily to help overcome any dog training challenge you might have. That one thing is something I’ve been talking about and doing for [...]
