Something interesting happened after the post. We hosted a WCRL rally trial on August 23rd. Griffin is not allowed to be running yet so we did the Level 1 (on leash) class. I haven’t been training him on any of these skills because he’s not supposed to be moving very Read more…
Many of my clients have adolescents or puppies. Most of those have a regular complaint of the puppy going wild, either in the house (often in the evening) or on walks. The puppy runs around, tail between his legs, as fast as he can, frenzied, sometimes jumping and nipping at people as Read more…
It’s important for dogs to not just tolerate, but to willingly participate in nail trims. But even following a good training plan, sometimes it just doesn’t seem to work. Now what? Your Dog Doesn’t Understand: Maybe at some point in the process, your dog stopped participating and just tolerated the Read more…
After leash reactivity class we try to always ask “Which part was the best and which part was the hardest?” It’s very, very interesting how most people will then tell the best part.. and the “worst” part. Part of that probably is that “worst” is considered to be the opposite Read more…
I’m surprised how often I hear this objection to clicker training. Some people are concerned about being limited to only one way to train, with one training plan, and what may happen if this doesn’t work. The more I learn, the more distressed I get because there are so many Read more…