Imagine you're a dog owner who has decided, “Yes, I want to become a reinforcement-based dog owner.” Meaning that you are going to look for all the solutions that [...]
Resource Guarding between dogs is a big topic. It’s also one of the most requested for me to cover on my podcast. Over the past week, my six month old puppy has started [...]
Have you ever asked your dog to do something, and he does the opposite? Have you ever thought “but he knows it!”. Maybe he raided something from the kitchen, and when [...]
Success in dog training comes down to three things. The reinforcement we are using, the training plan, and the environment where we are training our dog. But what happens [...]
The inspiration for this episode comes from a walk with my dogs. My puppy, This!, was on leash, and my adult dogs were milling about freely. All of a sudden, a large [...]
In podcast episode number 256, I asked you, “What was that cookie for?” And helped you to become aware of how you may be contributing to your dog's unwanted behavior [...]
With a growing popularity of reinforcement-based dog training, there's an increasing popularity of criticizing reinforcement-based dog training. And truthfully, it isn't all [...]
We all want our dogs to have long and happy lives. There are 12 things I believe have a massive influence on the longevity and quality of life for my dogs, and 6 things [...]
In 2012, my dog Encore almost died. I’m sharing her story with you, and the six incredibly valuable lessons learned from Encore’s near-death experience and recovery. [...]
My goal for all puppies is when they go to their very first home, that they're home for life. That they're going to live and grow and flourish and love and have abundance [...]
