Have you ever thought about teaching your dog some tricks? Adding some regular brainwork like trick training to your dog’s routine is fun...
Training Articles & Resources: Training
Shaping Up The Recall
Teaching your dog to come Learning a really reliable Recall (come when called) is one of the most important things you dog...
Stop!
Using Positive Interrupters With all the dogs we’ve had and all the training and learning I’ve done over the years, there are...
Loose Leash Walking
Leash Your Dogs! The skill of “walking on a loose leash” is not a terribly complicated skill, but it’s a challenging one for...
Pandemic Dog Training
Housebound Hounds! Here are some tips on what training to do with your dog while we are all housebound during Covid times. Basic...
Before You Get Your Puppy
Baby Steps Our lives are constantly changing, as we get older and our life circumstances shift and turn. Getting a puppy should...
People Friendly Dogs
People Skills As a society, we tend to have pretty high and pretty unrealistic expectations of our dogs. One of those expectations is...
Puppy Socialization
Raising a Dog-Friendly Puppy Hopefully by now most people are aware that socializing their puppy is one of the most important things to...
Training Cues Not Working?
The Poisoned Cue Some trainers claim to be positive because they use treats to reinforce good attempts at behaviour, but then they follow...
Should We Use Corrections?
No No’s in Dog Training. There should be no – “NO” – when you’re training your dog. In other words, corrections (No!) do not...