Dog Training Tips

When should you change up your training when you are trying to teach your dog a behavior? In order to get true reliability with a behavior, we want the dog to learn that the behavior that we cued is the same regardless of environment, distractions, location in...

Building reliability with our dogs is a process. Just like going to the gym once, doesn't build immediate muscles, building reliability with our dogs skills takes practice. This week, I worked on adding a bit of distractions to our signals with a dancing toy. It was a...

Confidence is key when it comes to competition dog sports. We want to protect and grow our dog's confidence throughout the training and competing process. We can build our dog's confidence by listening to our dog when they say that they are concerned about something....

With the current Stay at Home order, more people are spending more time home or working from home. Some pets think that this should mean hours of petting or throwing the toy or hours of playing each day and that could mean poorly timed dog interruptions. Like this...

Fun Games to play with your dog, DIY food puzzles, play with your dog, fun with your dog, playing with dogs Is your dog bored? You do not need to take hours out of your day to provide adequate amounts of mental stimulation. If you begin to provide more mental...