Episode 180: Taking Your Puppy To A Café Or Restaurant: Socialization Success
When you have a new puppy, safe socializing is important. Something to consider is taking a pup to outdoor cafes or restaurants. When you do it right, there are many [...]
Episode 179: Help For Dogs Refusing Treats: Case Study With Training Plan
My dog won’t take treats outside! Is that something you’ve ever said or heard? We’re looking at the challenge of a dog refusing treats as a case study, as training will be [...]
Episode 178: Dog Walking: Why To Start, How Often, And Where
Why is it important to walk your dog daily? Besides the obvious health benefits of exercise, we’re looking at the advantages of daily dog walking that many people don’t [...]
Episode 177: Dog Training Outside The Box: Transfer Of Value Case Study
When we train dogs with layered shaping, we train with out of the box thinking. In this episode, I’m giving a glimpse of what that looks like and how it relates to the transfer [...]
Episode 176: Why Your Dog’s Emotions Are A Critical Element Of Dog Training
Having coached thousands of people in dog training, I’ve observed that their dogs seem to fall into three categories. The dogs who seem to hate training sessions, the dogs [...]
Episode 175: Food Luring VS Shaping In Dog Training: How Science Changed How I Teach Dogs
I use shaping rather than luring with food in my dog training. In the 80s, I was taught to food lure and correct, learned to do it well, and luring brought me a lot of success [...]
Episode 174: Dopamine In Dog Training: Anticipation, Rewards, And The Transfer Of Value
We’re geeking out the topic of dopamine in dog training and how it impacts a dog’s motivation. Dopamine is a type of neurotransmitter, and there’s a lot of research on [...]
Episode 173: Target Training For Dogs: How, Why, And When To Fade Targets
We use targets in our dog training, which has prompted popular questions on the best way to fade a target and when to start fading. So that’s the topic of this episode [...]
Episode 172: How To Teach Your Dog Anything With My Training Plan
A good dog training plan will set you and your dog up for success and protect your confidence. The planning I do for myself and my students includes 10 key elements. We’re [...]
Episode 171: Dog Training With Layered Shaping: Why Classical Conditioning Must Come First
The way we dog train is different, and there are four elements that are vital to everything we do. It starts with confidence for people and their dogs and layers to grow [...]