Because it matters how we work with our dogs.
[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] Dog training is evolving rapidly. Some in the dog community feel that we need to actively prohibit the use of training equipment like electronic and prong collars. …
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[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] Motivation is not something people associate with dogs. After all, there are no doggy motivational speakers. We just assume that our dogs want to do what we ask of …
[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] The science of dogs and training can be overwhelming. But it doesn’t have to be. There are things that we need to know about our dogs and how to train them and there …
[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] It's been almost 20 years since our dog Vince showed me how much I didn't understand about dogs. Oh, I THOUGHT I knew all I needed to know. But Vince's low growl and …
[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] There is a trend in modern dog training toward kinder, more dog-friendly training methods. Training that seeks to remove everything unpleasant for the dog and to make …
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[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] The sport of Dog Agility has been an unexpected delight for both my dog and me. In the beginning, it was a reason to teach my dog a number of novel behaviours using …
