Recallers 2019 Video Contest Grand Finale Round The Top 6 as voted by you are now competing to be in the Top 3 for the year. It’s your choice who the winners are! Before we begin, I want to thank you for being here to enjoy the stories and vote. For those of you who […]
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Recallers 2019 Video Contest Round Three Welcome to Round Three of our video contest … there are six videos today … one is in song! If you have just joined us, we are sharing videos from our Recallers members for you to view and vote on. Our members are all over the world, all different […]
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Recallers 2019 Video Contest Round Two In the second round of our video contest we have six videos. Traditionally, there are five videos in each round, but we do make exceptions. The reason we have six videos for you today is because one is not a dog story …. but a cat story! This year […]
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Recallers 2019 Video Contest Round One When we live with a dog, we have high expectations and visions of a rosy future, just like the movies. But as we all know, life is not like the movies, and rather than having a dream relationship with our dog, it can be one of frustration. Frustration for […]
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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 great time to post it here on my blog. Even […]
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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! Thanks to the wonderful Shelley Wood, we were able to […]
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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 need a Plan B for us! Our dog’s response to […]
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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 time chasm where you see your dog doing something you […]
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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 an icon in animal training with a direct line back […]
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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 that. We all have struggles with our dogs, and it […]
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