This morning Bodhi and I took a hike in the hillsides surrounding our local park. It was one of those lovely walks where he barely pulled...

Every now and then I get a call from a production company that’s looking for a trainer or behavior person for a new television project....

I can barely concentrate long enough to write this blog, as I’m in serious pain from a root canal. Not just any root canal, but one where...

Okay, get your mind out of the gutter—this isn’t about some new-fangled technique where you strip down to your underwear in an attempt to...

Back in the old days of dog training, dogs were expected to do precision heelwork. Upon hearing the command, “Heel!” the dog would walk...

A recent article in Time Magazine entitled Shhh! Genius at Work discussed findings on the links between human creativity and sleep. Many...

I’ve heard some trainers talk about prey drive as though it’s something you can train out of a dog. But a dog’s prey instinct is...

After a less than stellar showing at our first group class, I was hoping we’d do better next time. Sierra had been so distracted and...

I have a suggestion for all the trainers out there who’d like to see things from the average dog owners’ point of view: take your dog to...

I just watched an interview with Kimberly Munley and Mark Todd, the civilian police sergeants who took down the crazed gunman at Fort...

I got a call the other day from a potential training client. When I asked what kind of dog she had, the woman replied, “A five month old...

“Cookie-slinging weenies!” “Punishment trainers!” “Posi-Nazis!” “Jerk trainers!” Know what these epithets have in common? For one thing,...

We live in a consumer culture. We’re trained from an early age to want the new, improved, biggest and best version of products and...