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Group Class – Focus on Socialization, Relationship and Obedience
Many of you have reached out and told me how valuable you found the last “group training lesson” I posted.…
Place Command Problem Solving- Mellow and Ellen Day 6
This week’s lesson will be a huge help to so many people. Now, you may not realize it at first,…
Karl the Rottweiler Ecollar Training #6
As many of you know, Jerome, my good friend, was the victim of a double stroke a few weeks before…
Group Obedience Training
Among the most important things for a dog to learn is being able to be well mannered and socialized in…
Murrow and Debra Lesson 3 – Basic Training
No matter how many times you work on the basics, there’s always something to look at. I see this now…
Akita Lunges and Attacks
Max is a handful and we’ve said that since he was a little puppy. You’ve followed him along in so…
Max Day 9 – Stay Under Distractions
One of the hardest things to teach a dog to do is to be calm when there are distractions. Here…
Mellow and Ellen Puppy Basics Continue Lesson 5
One of the best features that I’ve incorporated into this site is these continuing lessons with the various dogs. It…
Proper Socialization with Siggy Day 2
I think that the video lessons on properly socializing your dog in town are among the most important ones I…
Lesson 9 with Siggy – Tug and Obedience with Distractions
Here we are at Lesson #9 for Siggy and he has come a long way. The biggest thing that I…
In Town, Real World Socializing with Carlos Day 2
Socializing a dog is a very misunderstood topic in the world of dog training. So much so that most people…
Building a Relationship in Training – Murrow Lesson 2
Hopefully you watched part one of this series where I helped Debra better understand the dynamics of her relationship with…
Puppy Basics – down, heel, stay, no jump, soft mouth & more.
Here we are on lesson #3 with Mellow the awesome Labrador Retriever puppy and her mom Ellen. As you can…
Building a Relationship in Training – Murrow Day 1
Murrow and Debra came to me because Murrow was acting up around other dogs. We did three sessions together to…
How Relationship Affects Behavior
I was referred to Doug, and his beautiful Labrador Retriever Carlos, by a good friend. Doug was having problems with…
Puppies First Lesson – All the Basics
These really are my very favorite type of lessons to post, because they cover so much. Ellen has been a…
Dog & People Aggressive Bully – Session 3
I have to start out by saying that the audio in this video is a little sketchy since we were…
Dog & Human Aggression Whiskey Day 2
This is not the kind of video lesson that I enjoy posting, but I have to be totally honest with…
All the Basics: Come, Leave It, Leash Walk +
Janet’s friend Jeff rescued a new Labrador Retriever, and he was concerned that the dog wasn’t trained. From what Jeff…
3 Most Important Things ALL Dogs Must Know
I’ve talked about this in the past and I want to revisit it, because it IS THAT IMPORTANT. As a…
Dog Reactive Malinois Ecollar Session
As many of you know, I am not a big fan of using collars to train for dog reactivity, but…
Excitement in Training with Annie
I met Ray and his German Shepherd Annie at the park where I train. He had watched me train and…
Sonny Pt. 3 – Out of Control to Obedience
This is the 3rd of a three part series I did with Sonny and Ben. Ben contacted me because Sonny…
Motivation in Your Training
I think that obedience, for the most part can be quite boring. And, if I think it’s boring, imagine how…
Reactivity & Corrections with Lucy
This lesson with Claudine and Lucy was a referral because Lucy had shown some reactivity to other dogs and people.…
Socializing Siggy in Town
We’ve been following Siggy (and Max) along for quite some time and I’m so pleased with the progress both of…
Don’t Jump on People
Sandy spotted me at the park working with my dogs and asked if I could help her with Tasha. It…
Siggy Lesson 8 -Flirt Pole – Heeling – Retrieving
As we progress along, you’ll see I add more and more into each lesson. This is our 8th session /…
Down on RECALL using a FlexiLeash
Everyone who knows me, knows I’m not a big fan of the FlexiLeash. But when it comets training, there’s a…
Dog Aggression – Loaf Tried to Attack Goofy
There’s not another video like this that you’ll see from me. As you know, I’ve handled many aggressive dogs, but…
From Aggressive to Calm at the Park with Max
One thing that gets lost with online training is the process. You see a wild dog in one scene and…
Fixing Your Recall + Focus Heeling
This is a 2 part lesson… not that either part relates to the other, but these are the two things…
Siggy Day 7 – Puppy Distractions + Focus
So this is Siggy’s 7th lesson and he’s about 16 weeks old here. I like to tell you this so…
Aggressive German Shepherd – Sonny Pt. 2
We’re back in this lesson with Sonny, the Black Germnna Shepherd who had some aggression issues to other dogs. We…
Max Puppy Lesson 7 – Stay, Training Routine and Basics +
It’s been a little while since I updated the Ultimate Puppy Series, so let’s get back to it with Max.…
People Aggressive – Reactive Bully
I was asked to meet with Edith and LOAF by a very good friend of mine Dr. J. She told…
The Right and Wrong Way to Meet Dogs
This lesson is a great study in how dogs should get and how they shouldn’t. You might remember RED, the…
First Time ECollar on Max
In the previous lesson I worked with Joey, Max’s dad on learning the ecollar. We did this by NEVER putting…
Getting Started with the ECollar
Throughout the years, I’ve found two opinions on e-collar training, those that HATE it and those that don’t really love…
Siggy Puppy Lesson #6 – Place, Engagement, Distractions & more
Siggy’s lessons continue and start to get a little more intensive. This is our 6th lesson over 6 weeks and…
Leash Aggressive and Reactive German Shepherd
Dogs with bad leash manners are always problematic. Even if their behavior isn’t aggression, it can cause serious problems. Dogs…
Max Lesson 6 – Fading Treats, Fair Corrections and more
Welcome back to our puppy series with Max the Akita. This is lesson 6 and today we’re going to touch…
Buster Learns Manners and Social Skills (Jumping on People)
I love these “Join the Lesson” days when I get to work on various things with a new dog. Today…
Siggy Lesson 5 – Basics, Tug, Dogs and more
Welcome to day 5 with Siggy. As we continue on with the basics, we start to bring things together to…
Max Lesson 5 – Stay, Distractions, Down, Prong Intro
Here on day 5 I start adding several things to the lesson to keep it interesting for Max. We’ve introduced…
Aggressive / Reactive German Shepherd Puppy Sonny
Ben reached out to me for help with his young German Shepherd puppy Sonny. He sent me a video and…
Socializing a Dominant Reactive Dog in Public
This lesson is about as real world as it can get. Max is my good buddy, Joey’s Akita. We’ve been…
Siggy Puppy Lesson 4 – Jumping – Tunnel – Engagement
As we continue on with our Ultimate Puppy Series with Siggy and Max, I’m excited for this lesson. Here you’ll…
Stop Leash Pulling
I’ve covered leash walking on different occasions, but I think this lesson will be more fitting to most everyone. In…
Puppy Basics (Heel, Recall, Distractions, etc)- Max Lesson 4
As we continue to follow Max and Joey along with their training, we see some progress and a few things…
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