by Tod McVicker | Sep 14, 2016 | Dog Training Articles
A lot of other trainers have identified and feel that status disparity is an important concept, I agree with them. Here’s my spin on it. A lot of the problems we have with our dogs are not because they don’t know how to do this or that behavior, but that...
by Tod McVicker | Aug 10, 2016 | Dog Training Articles
A very common thing I see when working with clients is a dog that was obtained as an adult, and likes the existing animals/people in the house, but does not like new people or dogs introduced later – sometimes attacking them with extreme prejudice. The owners...
by Tod McVicker | Jul 23, 2016 | Dog Training Articles
We dog trainers are in a unique position here in Dallas/Fort Worth and throughout Texas and the United States. We are basically an unregulated industry, anyone can buy business cards and advertise they are a Dog Behaviorist, or a Dog Trainer, or a Dog Whisperer, or a...
by Tod McVicker | Jun 29, 2016 | Dog Training Articles
Sometimes I have people tell me (within a short span of time) that their dog likes me more than it likes them. I don’t know if “likes” is the right work, but the dog will be drawn to me. I don’t have a special power, anyone can duplicate this...
by Tod McVicker | May 31, 2016 | Dog Training Articles
I hear this a lot, and some of the explanations are very obvious. The dog was at a dog park or on a walk and got attacked and injured, then became dog aggressive. We can clearly see an event that changed the way the dog feels about other dogs. We can still change that...
by Tod McVicker | Apr 20, 2016 | Dog Training Articles
In listening to the autobiography of Helen Keller, the famous deaf and blind woman, I was struck by a story from her childhood about a story she wrote in braille when she was 11 called The Frost King. She felt the story was quite good, and she sent to her friend the...
