Two Ways to Train—Pick One Let’s establish two, basic foundations of training when it comes to dogs.[1] The two approaches are: owners jump right into training, or owners assess their histories and their dog’s history before jumping into training. In a little bit more...
Traditional trainers operate under the assumption that it’s the dog that needs fixing. Their models assume a monolithic dog whose internal structure is rarely analytically dissected into any component parts helpful in meaningful discussions—their goal is simply...
Any dog owner can be considered a traditional home trainer. Traditional home trainers don’t follow a named, predefined training methodology. They’re guessing at what has to happen in their relationship with their dog. It’s often shoot from the hip,...
A dog left to its own devices, a dog left on its own, a physical dog in the wild is wild, and will become wild. If wild is a verb, Nature’s default wilds all dogs, all animals. Interacting with a dog kicks it out of Nature’s default plan—the dog can be...
Reward with submission—not with praise. Decrease the dog’s energy level, don’t increase it. High energy level dogs are the dogs with the problems: I’ve never received a call from the owner of a relaxed, voluntarily submissive dog asking me to help...
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