[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] We used to call it a "command" when we wanted our dog to offer us a behaviour. I find the parallel with issuing commands to computers very interesting. Do we have …
The Shape of Modern Dog Training
[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] Modern dog training has brought us some new views and new approaches to training. Some of what we do these days is just a refined version of things we have …
Shelter Dog Heroes
[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] Dogs can end up in shelters for lots of reasons, some bad, some awful, and some that couldn't be avoided. Shelter workers have incredibly difficult jobs. They take …
Over Under Dogs
[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] Is my dog "over threshold?" Is she "under threshold?" Is that good? Is that bad? Do I even know what I'm looking for? Knowing how your dog is responding to their …
Training Dogs In Your Head – A Rant
[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] Sometimes all of the hashing and rehashing of this theory or approach or concept just starts to irritate me. What happened to working with the dogs to see if it …
Born Again Dog Trainers
[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] Coming to a new understanding of dogs and dog training was a conversion of sorts for me. It has been an interesting journey. I went from skeptic to student to …
