Every one of us who trains dogs eventually meets a challenge that makes us question what we believe… A dog who “doesn’t respond.” A behavior that won’t change. A problem that feels unsolvable. A distraction that seems overwhelming. It’s tempting, in those moments, [...]
I hope all of you have had a great start to your new year. As you may have noticed I have been hibernating up here in Canada. Truthfully I haven't been doing much except spending time with John and my dogs. This is the first [...]
Any of you that have been following this blog for a while know that I am all for positive thinking. Tony Robbins referrs to it as not creating self limited beliefs for yourself. In Shaping Success I wrote about how I learned from my mistakes [...]
For Buzz's entire life he has had the habit of sucking on stuffed animals and kneading like a kitten, while holding the toy in his front paws. I wrote about this peculiarity in my book "Shaping Success." When Feature was a wee baby she used [...]
It is a lazy Friday afternoon (if there is such a thing around here). I just did some training after taking a bunch of phone calls from all of you. Yes, I was manning the phones the last 2 days. Fun . . . for [...]
Irritation is motivation. Some of you may have heard me say this before. When you are really irritated by something you will take action to change it. Those of you that are overweight right now are that way because it doesn't bug you enough. When [...]
No there is not connection between my software issues and the Ontario regionals (sorry if I scared any of you:)). I was hoping to post the first installment of my latest 2x2 training webinar however my program crashed yesterday and I can't figure out why. [...]
I am continuing the topic I started yesterday, describing how I have emotionally coped with the advancing progression of my dog's lives. Denial and Grieving. The day after losing Stoni I had to leave for 3 weeks of teaching in Australia. Stoni had been sick for [...]
Today I am going to start right off with gratitude. I think gratitude is my favourite emotion. Doesn't it always makes you feel good to be grateful for someone or something? Today I am being grateful for my dogs. Each of my dogs personalities are [...]
