Slowly, over that first week, I would sit on the ground in his pen, and I would scatter feed his kibble in the grass. I still couldn’t get a collar on him, but something wonderful happened – he started to be curious about me, he started sniffing me, and – through the magic that is the retreat and treat game – he started taking treats near me and eventually from me.
Note: I have emailed this to the team at The Fifth Estate and, if you haven’t seen their episode Pitbulls Unleashed yet, go watch it! Form …
A couple of things in my life have me thinking about dog parks a lot lately. One is that I’m dog walking again, and some …
With the prevalence of movements like #adoptdontshop, I sometimes feel a lot of guilt coming to me from people who really just want a puppy, …
Hold on to your hats, folks, because I just got back from my very first ClickerExpo in Portland, Oregon, and it was amazing. In brief, here was …
Sometimes – more often than you’d think – when I meet with clients, it feels more like a confessional than like a lesson. They know …
Here is a thing that’s important to me: living a lifestyle of positive reinforcement. I think I stole that phrasing from Kathy Sdao, but …
I’m a sucker for strong looking dogs; Dobermans, Dogos, Danes… just beautiful. Back when I got Athena, my Doberman, I knew next to nothing about …
I try not to make this blog all about MY DOG and MY LIFE because that gets boring really quickly if you aren’t… me. But …
It should come as no surprise as anyone that I’m a dog training and behaviour nerd. How do their brains work? How do they process …
