Knowledge is power. I am always on the lookout for resources to share to help people and their dogs stay safe, healthy, happy and well-trained. This blog article by dog expert, trainer and bite expert Jill Kessler Miller perfectly articulates…
Virtual training sessions now available! When Covid-19 hit, I initially feared changing to virtual remote training sessions, I have learned to embrace this concept and its full potential and have had spectacular results. In fact, it works so well, I’m…
As a Positive Reinforcement Trainer, I am always very troubled and saddened to see Dog Training Aversives still being used as training implements. Aversive versus Positive methods shouldn’t even be a debate anymore, but it is, so it’s up to…
Please use a harness and collar combination with newly adopted or skittish dogs. It is surprising how many rescues don’t require more than a flat collar when sending a dog into a new home. So many dogs go missing in…
If you have a dog that has yeasty paws or you would like to sanitize your pup’s feet before they come inside the house, this is how you begin to train a footbath. Follow the steps below to get those…
I have been fence shy while walking my dogs lately. Meaning, dogs behind fences that charge and bark at my dogs stresses us all out. It is now stressing Stan so much, he is reacting. Pip and Stan are a…
Many small dog owners don’t train their small dogs, perhaps it is because of their size and think they are less of a threat than their GSD, for example. But all dogs can benefit from training. I have some amazing…
Pit Bulls are often so abused, overbred and treated horribly. There are so many in shelters who never make it out because they were never given the nurturing they deserve. They are smart and generally love to please their people.…
Otis is usually quite eager to learn, he has only known kindness, a gentle hand, and he will be a big boy. Helping him grow into a soft natured, gentle and confident adult is my main goal. I carefully expose…
Welcome Hank the Tank! He and his sweet foster mama are beginning training to help Hank learn to tone down his enthusiasm from being saved from euthanasia. He was rescued from a high kill L.A. shelter and looking for the…