CONTROL VERSUS SUPPRESSION
I have always maintained that the purpose of rules is to give freedom. My dogs deserve the right to be dogs. Just because I can control them doesn’t mean that I should. Now don’t get...
Gratitude: How Lucky Are We?...
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Most trainers today train with positive reinforcement, but it is how the positive...
INDECISIVENESS: a stage you must overcome in your growth as a trainer....
Dog training is considered the training of a dog – but is it? How much are we working on them, and how much are we working on ourselves?
As beginners, we put a large part of the responsibility on the four...
An Alpha Roll is putting your dog down onto the ground as punishment for a misdeed. If your dog does something terrible, and you take him to the ground and hold him there, regardless of what name you want to call it – you are doing an Alpha Roll...
Buddhist Scriptures (Amyuktagama Sutra, volume 33) help us understand about mindset: “It is said that there are four types of horses; Excellent ones, good ones, poor ones, and bad ones. The best horse will run slow and fast, right and left, at...
My profession has left me a little cynical. I believe that in order to protect our dogs, we must train them for the stupidest human as accident prevention.
Never underestimate the stupidity of a human, and...
I am proud to say that I upheld my New Years Resolution for my dogs for 2012. I vowed to walk my dogs for an additional hour every day, and found that time by waking up an hour earlier. I am still doing that, and have...
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