Dog Training Articles

I was working with a board and train dog today, and I looked down and could tell he was thinking about stepping off the curb into the road before I told him to. I made a little corrective noise and told him I could see what he was thinking. He looked at me (I could...

One of the things that I think makes my board and train program successful is the way I live with your dog while it is here, and teach you to live with your dog when it comes home - but anyone can adopt some of these principles to have a happier dog. One of the...

There is a constant debate among dog people about pure bred dogs versus mixed breeds, and then within breeds what is the end goal of the breeders. I thought we might examine that a bit from a trainer's perspective (specifically this trainer 🙂 ). If you are in the...

This is one of the most common problems I come across as a dog trainer, the dog will work fine for me or another handler but won’t do the same for the owner. It is a frustrating situation because it isn’t a case of having the correct skills, or being a good or bad...