Shelby with a beloved reward, a rock, at the 1998 USDAA GP Nationals. I've been blogging about dog training, dog behaviour, dog agility and dogs in general, with a few diversions, for many years now .... far more years than I probably thought [...]
You know, people think I've been really lucky with the dogs that I've owned, and the success each of those dogs has achieved, but the truth is I've worked really hard for a lot of years and over the course of time I've found that [...]
A few weeks ago we shared my article on "How to Create a Motivating Toy" here on my blog to make it easily accessible. Today we have our top "Say Yes Training Reminders" for you. If you have been following my blog for some time [...]
Last week on my blog we looked at when to add a cue to the behaviours you are training with your dog. This week we look at three different types of verbal markers. What marker you choose and how you use it can help or [...]
So often people ask me: "When do I add a cue?" As a guide, when we can predict our dog will perform a behaviour, and we love the way he is performing that behaviour, we can put a cue on it. Crate Games is good [...]
Below is an article that I wrote many years ago... it's one that you may be familiar with and may have even shared with your dog training buddies or students. But, it has never been on my blog! So here we have it, the article [...]
The topic of housetraining is one that comes up many times a day the world over when a new puppy or rescue dog joins a home. As it's a question we see a lot, I thought I'd do a blog post with the inside scoop [...]
To call this thing we do "dog training" is a huge disservice to dogs. We are not "training" we are "educating" and just like with children, education starts in kindergarten and ascends onward from there only with understanding. The number one reason dogs get into [...]
This Vlog post is a particularly important one if you live with a dog. If you are struggling with a behaviour that you'd like to change, then you will want to know about your dog’s state, and how that state affects the behaviour you want [...]
Many years ago I introduced a game that has changed the lives of many thousands of people and their dogs the world over. It’s the key building block to everything I teach in dog training. That game is ItsYerChoice (IYC). This is the game [...]
Have you ever taken a moment to try and see the agility course from your dog’s perspective? The colours, the obstacle placement, the view our dogs see from their level? (Yep, this might mean getting on all fours!) I recently did this after reading a [...]
I think we should collectively agree about something. Here it is; relationships are not actually the way they are portrayed in the movies. If you attempt to smack your significant other across the face during an argument, don’t count on it ending up in some [...]
