There's a lot of puppy love in our community at the moment, with many people welcoming a new pup into their family. Several years ago, I wrote about a game that will help preserve your recall cue with your puppy, and this seems like a [...]
This past weekend I was in Chicago for business meetings... and happened to arrive a day early. What to do? If you have an interest in animal training, you might immediately think of Shedd Aquarium when you hear "Chicago"... so that is where we went! [...]
Have you ever made a mistake when training your dog? It's safe to say we all have. Last week we looked at having a Plan B when our dog does something unexpected, so in fairness to our dogs, this post covers when our dogs might [...]
When people make the big leap to training their dogs in a reinforcement based program such as the one we have here in Do-Land, they sometimes fall into what we refer to as “the gap”. The gap is a place of paralysis. It is the [...]
Over his career, Dr Bob Bailey has trained over 140 different species of animals. The effect of this training has reached millions of animals and people, including you! If you are here reading this post, then you have been influenced by Bob Bailey. He is [...]
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote about the common challenge many have with dogs jumping up on people, and suggested that the best thing that you can do with any struggle is to think about what you want your dog to "do", and train [...]
"I wanna tell you sumpin’. . . you got a little mustard on yer face!" Today I'm sharing a game for keeping and building drive that I've played with every dog I've ever owned since the beginning of time. I call it "The [...]
Initially, the title of this blog post was "how do I stop my dog jumping?" ... then I changed it to "how do I train my dog not to jump?" ... then I added "up" to the end. The changes were made because for agility, [...]
One of the most pressing questions for anyone who lives with a dog can be "how do I train my dog to come when called?". Often this is asked when there has been a recall collapse. It's also a question we see a lot in [...]
One of the most frequent questions we see is how to play with multiple dogs, or how to wait turns with your dog at training. I put together a series of six tips previously for Facebook and am now sharing them here for quick reference [...]
Last week I shared strategies to help become comfortable with videoing your dog training and reviewing video. It was a blog post that I hadn't planned on doing a follow up on, as the intention was just to help with ideas for you on how [...]
My mentor, the iconic Bob Bailey, once told me that he believes the most important advancement in the world of animal training during his illustrious career was the advancement of the simplicity of video. What do the words "video your training" mean for you? Are [...]
