Training Tips

• 3 Critical Skills (Look, Touch, Leave It)

• Chill Out! Teaching your Dog to Settle

• Dogs at Play, What's OK?

• No Jumping - I Really Mean It!

• Puppy for the Holidays?

• Recall Safety and Going Off Leash (The Myth of the 100% Recall)

• NEW! Great First Impressions (Introducing dogs using parallel walking)

Just for fun

• Find Me Game

• Recipe for Dog Training Success

• Something New Game

• Teaching Your Dog the Check-it-out Game

Living with/Caring For Dogs

• Handling Fear and Building Confidence

• He Just Decided to Bite

• Dog-Human Relationship Guide PART 1: What's wrong With me and my dog? (Or, why is my dog a jerk sometimes?) (Covers dominance/alpha theory, dogs that are bully or bossy, how dogs learn and operate, why dogs misbehave)

• Dog-Human Relationship Guide PART 2: Build a crazy-great relationship with your dog (Covers: what dogs need in order to learn and behave, punishment and discipline, training approaches)

• Dog-Human Relationship Guide, PART 3: A list of attitude-adjusters and relationship-builders (List of practical daily advice for having a well-behaved, respectful, happy dog)

• Weathering the Weather

• NEW! Don’t Lose the Pooch (10 tips to keep your dog from getting lost)

• NEW! Mine!! Resource Guarding

• NEW! Who Ate the Flowers (Garden Safety)

• NEW! Halloween and Your Dog

• NEW! Happy Feet (Nail Trimming Tips)

Warm Fuzzies 

• Coping with EPI (Isa's Story)

• Foster Dog Adventure: The Mya Chronicles

• Remembering my GSD Isa

• Therapy Dog Jordan and Young Burn Survivor

• Therapy Dog Khese On Hospital Rounds

Not-Dog-Related Blogs:

• Adventures with Breast Cancer: Debby Does Chemo

• European Travel: The Amazing Traveling Couch

Free Mini Courses (download and work from home!)

• Critical First Lessons: 3 important first lessons (attention, recall, and manners), along with tips for common new-dog challenges such as house training, and games you can play with your dog to stay busy and prepare for later skills.

• Pseudo-Socialization: Simple, fun approach to socialization when you can’t get out and socialize.

• Return-to-Work Prep: A 4-week free online program to help your dog prepare for when you go back to work/school, aimed at preventing separation anxiety.