Essays

Force free training is very popular these days. It feeds our desire to never do anything "negative" to our dogs and makes us feel good that we never do anything uncomfortable with them. I've always ma

Writing this, I'm just back from taking Xena, a board and train I've had for 6 days now, on a fully off leash walk around my neighborhood and through a open field/nature park. On the way to a local pa

There are a few key rules I give to people just starting dog training. One of them is: never give a command you cannot enforce.

The commands I give are not optional. I say the word and the dog do

No one likes to see dogs uncomfortable. It's human nature to want to comfort and protect nervous or stressed animals and even more so with our animals. In general, this is a great quality, but it's te

Little things are really important. The more of my content you consume, the more you'll hear me say it because it's one of the most important pieces of dog training.

So many people want to fix the on

I would dare to say that most people struggle walking their dog. Regardless of size, dogs are pulling, barking, lunging, and ruining walks for their owners. To me, that's a shame because going for a w

Some of the biggest push back I get from clients is around crating their dogs. I get it. We want our dogs to have great lives with as much freedom as possible. It makes us feel good to have well behav