What to listen for: “Every distraction is a possible reinforcement.” Could minor changes in your training strategy routine drastically...

What to listen for: “Even if you don't give them a cookie, you don't play, the dog has been reinforced. [It’s] just the way their brain...

What to listen for: “So I think dog training is almost 90% thinking and preparing, and 10% working with your dog.” Two of our three...

What to listen for: “When you're with your dog, you're working with the dog, and when he's resting, he's resting, and don't ask him to...

What to listen for: "You need to give the dog a bit more space, release the pressure, so that then the dog has the option of leaving the...

What to listen for: "Physical agility gives them some mental agility too, and so it's giving them that well-exercised brain, and then...

What to listen for: “When you have that young dog, don’t put out that super hard hide. You don’t have that reinforcement history.” Our...

What to listen for: “Success is the joy that we have with our dogs and the relationships that we're building.” Ever wondered how small...

What to listen for: “My job as a coach is not to identify your destination, but your goal, and to help you identify and remove roadblocks...

What to listen for: “We're dealing with a dog who has its own set of motivators. And so we just need to always be conscious of the fact...

What to listen for: “You really have to be observant and try to see, ‘what can my dog cope with, versus what can't they cope with?’ And...

What to listen for: “It's sort of like giving a chocolate cake recipe to different people. Just because you gave them the same chocolate...

What to listen for: “That's the part that just takes it over the edge for me - I know that my dog feels my excitement, my anticipation,...

What to listen for: “The odor that they get reinforced for may not be the odor that you think you’re reinforcing. So, odor obedience is...

What to listen for: “They have a huge range of warning signals, very carefully graduated, all kinds of growls, and moans, and all kinds...

What to listen for: "The doggy daycare worker and the shelter worker who is not being touted as any kind of behaviorist or trainer, are...

What to listen for: “I look at the dog and if something goes wrong I say, ‘Thank you for the information.’ As dog trainers, we modify...

What to listen for: "I appreciate the fact that our little collaborative thing has allowed us to have some of these really, really hard...

What to listen for: "As a trainer, no matter what you're doing with your training or where you are, what level you are, how advanced you...

What to listen for: “How well does the dog actually understand target odor? Part of the issue is that we think we've taught the dog to...