by Tod McVicker | Sep 30, 2018 | Dog Training Articles
As a parent we learn the lesson (hopefully) that there isn’t such a thing really as “quality time”. The magical things, the true teaching moments, just happen when they happen. That doesn’t mean we are constantly laboring to entertain, appease,...
by Tod McVicker | Jun 4, 2018 | Dog Training Articles
My favorite instructional dog training video is the movie Nanny McPhee. It wasn’t meant to be a dog training video but I find so much useful information there that resonated with me. Let me explain a bit. If you haven’t seen the movie it’s about a family of...
by Tod McVicker | Jul 3, 2017 | Dog Training Articles
Remember when you just got your dog or puppy? You kind of had them on “double secret probation”at first, they were crated more, watched closer, maybe kept on leash in the house, and not allowed to stray out of sight too much. As you grew to trust them more...
by Tod McVicker | May 18, 2017 | Dog Training Articles
People have some weird ideas about play for dogs. They assume that dogs that won’t play aren’t happy or fulfilled, and dogs that frantically play all the time must be in total bliss. Time for a brief session of Tod Ruins Everything (blatantly stolen from...
by Tod McVicker | Mar 16, 2017 | Dog Training Articles
The most common thing I see with humans and dogs connected by a leash is the dog ignoring the human and the human trying to not be ignored by the dog. At best it is annoying, at worst a threat to all involved including passersby. Just to get us all on the same page an...
