Does your dog hate things like grooming, you using the vacuum, getting a bath, you shovelling snow or raking leaves, being held at the vet, getting eye drops or [...]

How would you rate your last three dog training sessions on a scale of 1 to 10? Today I’m sharing my training checklist and how I plan for success in dog training. [...]

Have you ever had your dog’s bowl, picked up your car keys, or the doorbell rings, and your dog gets super excited? That excitement in your puppy or dog is a [...]

As we wind down the year, we’re looking at the most popular Shaped by Dog podcasts over the last 12 months, and they are all about dog training. The episodes on [...]

Holiday celebrations are a great time for all of us, but they can be very stressful for our dogs. There are many things you can do to help reduce the stress for [...]

If you have a puppy, you’ve probably heard that your pup needs to socialize with other puppies and dogs. But what does that mean exactly? How much play is [...]

I’m often asked how to start a dog training plan, and no matter what the behaviour, my answer is always the same. We need to begin with the end in mind. [...]

In education, what the teacher is teaching, and what the learner is learning might not be the same thing. It’s the same when we are training our dogs. [...]

There’s a good chance that most of us have been hurt by words at some stage in our life. And it’s not just the meaning; it’s the energy surrounding the [...]

Have you ever wondered what the best gift is for a dog owner or someone about to become a dog or puppy owner? We can probably all agree that the surprise [...]

What three words would you and your dog pick to describe your dog training? I’d like to think my dogs pick the words fun, kind and clear. The late Wayne [...]

How do I get my dog to stop jumping up on people? Wanting to know how to train a dog to greet people calmly is a question we see often. There are three [...]

The rhythm you have with the dog in your life reflects the connectedness you have with your dog. Connectedness can be defined in the moments when things [...]

Have you ever wondered how to end a dog training session so that your dog knows it’s over? We’re looking at the rhythm of training and how a session’s [...]

In the big picture of dog training, how important is it to be consistent? Does everyone who spends time with our dog need to follow the same rules and [...]

For dog agility, we have a start line, and that is where our dog stays until we release them. The start line is a given for my dogs, and I know they [...]

I get a lot of questions about my dogs, and we’re covering some of your most popular. Have you ever wondered why our rescue Bulldog mix, Tater-Salad, [...]

Dog training is like a conversation between two friends. Have you ever travelled somewhere where you don’t speak the language? It can get problematic. [...]

I got my reputation as a professional dog trainer primarily through excelling in the sport of dog agility. I’ve been teaching and competing in agility [...]

Sit, down and come are three cues many people use to prompt their dogs to do something. But what happens when your dog can’t hear those words? They [...]