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 [...]
Episode 170: 5 Popular Ways To Train Your Dog With Food
If someone says to you that they are a reinforcement-based dog trainer, what does that really mean? There are a lot of ways of training dogs with food or toys. Even though [...]
Episode 169: Dog Training A Stressed, Anxious Or Reactive Dog Part 2
If you were to google for help for an anxious, stressed, or reactive dog, you’d get many suggestions, many of which are good! But there are critical elements that are essential [...]
Episode 168: Creating Confidence For Anxious, Stressed Or Reactive Dogs Part 1
If your dog is stressed, anxious or reactive, there’s so much you can do to replace that stress, anxiety and reactivity with confidence. Two things are super important to help our [...]
Episode 167: Reduce Your Dog’s Stress And Anxiety In Training
Inadvertent stress is something we want to minimize when training our dogs, as excessive stress has the same impact on dogs as it does on us. Now, stress is everywhere, but we [...]
Episode 166: Puppy Freedom: How Much Is Too Much?
If you were to get 100 of the world’s best dog trainers in a room, there would be a lot of disagreements. However, if you asked, “what’s the number one training mistake people [...]
Episode 165: Why Do Dogs Bark In Cars And How To Stop It
Help, how can I stop my dog barking in the car while I’m driving!? That’s one of the most common questions we receive, and it’s a dilemma as you can’t drive and train your [...]
Episode 164: The Danger Of Car Travel For Dogs: Evaluating Your Risk
Do you consider yourself a risk taker? Or maybe you play it safe? What about when it comes to your dog? We all want our dogs to be safe, but there’s one area in a dog’s life [...]
Episode 163: Unsolicited Dog Training Advice: How To Protect Your Confidence And Your Dog
If you’ve ever trained your dog in public or put a video on social media, chances are somebody has offered you unsolicited training advice. Likely it’s advice you don’t need [...]
