Episode 68: 3 Easy Tricks Every Dog Should Know
We’re talking about trick training for dogs; it’s fun and easy! Can you remember the very first thing you trained a dog to do and how you went about training it? [...]
Transcript of Episode 261: Common Misconceptions Around Shaping: Why You May Find Dog Training Frustrating
In Shaped by Dog episode 259, I talked all about shaping and I said, if you wanted me to do a troubleshooting episode, just leave me some questions. And I got a lot [...]
Transcript of Episode 260: Is My Puppy’s Behavior Normal Or Is It Time For Me To Be Concerned?
Biting, lunging, fearing, growling, fleeing, drooling, peeing, pooping, screaming, digging, chewing, ignoring, climbing, chasing, burying, or terrorizing. Just some of [...]
Transcript of Episode 259: Use These Simple Shaping Hacks To Expedite Your Dog Training
What if I told you no matter where you were today in your dog training, no matter if you're brand new to all of this, or you've been doing it for a while but you're [...]
Episode 67: Are You Stressing About Your Dog’s Stress?
I’ve been thinking about stress and how we deal with it. Consider your dog and any challenges you might have in your training. Those challenges could be creating anxiety [...]
Transcript of Episode 258: Training Plan For Hyper Excited Dogs: Play The Threshold Game For Calm Focus
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 [...]
Episode 66: Resource Guarding: Dog vs Dog Aggression
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 [...]
Episode 65: The Secrets of What Your Dog Really Knows
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 [...]
Episode 64: Help! How Can I Tell My Dog He’s Wrong?
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 [...]
Episode 63: Why Some Dogs Just Don’t Get It
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 [...]