If you spend any time on YouTube, you may have seen the video of Fenton in Richmond Park. That is where a, it looks like a Labrador Retriever is not listening to his owner call [...]
I remember in the early 1990s when I first learned about clicker training, I was practicing out of sight stays in an obedience hall with other competitors. We were in a closet to [...]
Welcome to the 150th episode of Shaped by Dog. 99 weeks, we have been bringing you this podcast and if you're good at math you will know 1.5 and change podcast per week [...]
To record my podcast today, I decided to wear my Toronto Raptors, ‘We the North’ sweatshirt. I wore this sweatshirt for the very first time when I flew out to San [...]
There are two ways for dog trainers to work distractions with their dogs. Unfortunately, most dog training schools all over the world will only teach you one way [...]
How well does your dog respond to your cues from a distance? Like imagine if you're out walking in the woods and you find you’re on one side of a path and the dogs on the other side [...]
Balanced dog training, does it really exist? And if it does exist, why isn't everybody a balanced dog trainer? And for those people who aren't a balanced dog trainer, does [...]
If you're like most people, you take your dog for a walk for one of two reasons. Either to get them a little exercise or to get them to eliminate pee or poop so that you can go about [...]
First of all, why would you even want to teach a dog down? Like, why do you care? The dog can sit. They can stand. They can down. It's just a family pet. Why do I care? [...]
If you’ve ever said, “Why won’t my dog just listen?” or “He does this at home.” or “He's being stubborn.” or “He's just blowing me off.” well, my friend if you've said [...]
