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Say Goodbye to Unwanted Dog Behaviors by Teaching Positive Alternatives

Is your dog jumping on guests, barking excessively, or chewing things they shouldn’t? Unwanted behaviors can be frustrating, but with the right approach, you can guide your dog to choose better alternatives. Replacing negative behaviors with positive ones is an effective, humane way to help your dog learn good habits while keeping everyone happy.   […]

Six Steps to Stop Your Grabby Dog from Stealing Food

If your dog is quick to snatch food from hands – especially when guests are sitting down – you’re not alone! Food stealing can be managed and trained away with the right approach. Here are some proactive steps to help your dog learn manners around food while keeping everyone relaxed and happy.   Step 1: […]

New Study: What does it really mean?

There’s been a new study released that has been heralded by the “balanced” training industry as proof of what they have been saying all along.  But is it?  Here is a very thorough (and yes, it’s long, but it’s worth the read) explanation of the issues with the study. A Critique of the “Banana” Shock […]

Why does your female dog hump?

Many dogs hump.  It can be embarrassing and concerning.  It’s seems even stranger when it is your female dog doing it.  Here’s a good article about the subject.   Does Your Female Dog Hump?  

Cues: What are they to your dog?

Anyone who has trained dogs in any capacity for more than a few years remembers when we used to refer to the cue as a command. Many don’t see the distinction, but there is one. A cue is a marker that indicates something should happen where a command is a demand for a behavior to […]

The Baby in the Bath Water

If you’ve been around me you know that I bristle at the use of the term “dominance” when explaining a dog’s behavior.  Often I hear dog trainers say that dominance doesn’t exist.  This isn’t exactly accurate.  So why do so many trainers refuse to use the term? There is a theory in some circles of […]

When the Cue Just Won’t Work

It’s unfortunate, but sometimes we train a cue only to find that it later becomes useless. If you train enough, this may have happened to you. But why does it happen, and what can we do to fix it? In dog training sometimes we forget that the immediate consequence of a behavior is what causes […]