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Quick, practical dog training tips in under 5 minutes—because training your dog shouldn’t take all day.
New episodes drop every Monday.
With over 20 years of family dog training experience, this podcast delivers real-life advice you can actually use. From simple tips and clear explanations to common behavior scenarios, we’ll help you understand why your dog does what he does—and what to do about it.
Training really can be easy. Let us show you how.
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#229 SUBS Only The Fallacy of Board & Train (teaser)
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#230 Don't Watch Me
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#231 Slow Walks, Strong Noses
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#232 Polite Public Manners With The Under Cue
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#233 Weekly Podcast Summary
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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#225 SUBS Only Loss of a Pet in a Multi Pet Household (Teaser)
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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#226 Stair Safety For Dogs
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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#227 How To Stop Untraining Your Dog In Daily Life
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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#228 Your Reactive Dog Can Make Friends With The Right Steps
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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#221 SUBS Only How to Pick a Dog Trainer (teaser)
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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#222 Plan the Potty, Win the Day
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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#223 Control the threshold, control the chaos
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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#224 Helping Your Dog Cope With Loss and Change
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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#218 Convenience vs. Instinct: When a Sip Becomes a Skill
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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#219 Adolescence or Something Deeper?
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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#220 Same Park, New Stories
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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#214 Up and Off: Two Cues Every Dog Should Know
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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#215 The Fallacy of No Pull Harnesses (Teaser)
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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#216 Dog Training's Double Standard: Treats vs. "No"
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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#217 Beyond the Stigma: The Courage to Choose What's Best for Your Dog
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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#212 Dogs know things we don't—they just can't tell us.
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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#213 Is Wildlife Worry Smart or Paranoid?
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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#211 SUBS Only Teaser - Behavioral Euthanasia
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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#210 Beyond the Bite: Dogs and Fatal Attacks
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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#209 Finding Balance at the Beach
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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#208 Beyond the Chase: Understanding Your Dog's True Motivations
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Sep 16, 2025 |
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#204 Your Friendly Dog Might Be Someone's Worst Nightmare
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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#205 Every Dog Deserves a Beach Day
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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#206 Dog Meet Kid; Kid Meet Dog
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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#207 Trainers as Sellers (Teaser)
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Sep 08, 2025 |
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#200 Ducks are Scary
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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#201 No Mani No Pedi
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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#202 My Dog Would Never
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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#203 The Bite Scale (teaser)
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Sep 01, 2025 |
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#197 Bush Scare Trauma
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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#198 The Affection Connection
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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#199 Trust or Guard: What Are You Teaching Your Dog?
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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#194 Clip, Don't Slip.
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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#195 Urban Legends Are Everywhere
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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#196 When Training Becomes Too Much: Rethinking Reactive Dog Walks
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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#191 Beyond the Pack Mentality: The Emotional Safety of Dogs in Shared Spaces
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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#192 Decoding Your Dog's Selective Barking
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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#193 Beyond the Extended Hand: Rethinking How We Teach Dogs to Stay
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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#188 Too Friendly
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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#189 Like Fine Wine
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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#190 Submissive Urination
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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#185 Controlled Distance Is The Key To Helping Fearful Dogs
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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#186 Kids & Dogs: A Training Partnership
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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#187 Grace and Space
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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#183 What You Said What He Heard
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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#184 Socialization VS Exposure
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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#180 Sniff 1st - Listen Later
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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#181 1st Time Offender
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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#182 Your Dog's Freedom Ends Where Another's Personal Space Begins
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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#178 Are You Rewarding the Chaos? Rethinking Dog Energy
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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#179 Beyond the Blank Slate
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Jul 15, 2025 |
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#175 Beyond Words: Why Your Dog Responds To Sound, Before Meaning
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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#176 Beyond the Shelter: The Hidden Inheritance
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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#177 Raising Independent Puppies
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Jul 14, 2025 |
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#173 Leash Feel: Your Hidden Connection
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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#174 The Dogsplainer
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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#170 Reactive Rescue Dogs: The Truth
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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#171 Don't Get Frustrated - Get Busy
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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#172 Anthropomorphizing
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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#169 The Silent Danger of Dog Overheating
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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#168 Breaking Your Dog's Fixation: Pattern Interrupters That Work
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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#165 Dawn and Dusk Dogs
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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#166 Breeding Anxiety: The Hidden Cost of High-Energy Dogs
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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#167 Teach Settle
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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#160 Stop Being Your Dog's Entertainment Director
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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#161 Setting Boundaries: How to Protect Your Dog's Space in Public
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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#162 Leave It Good
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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#163 The Hidden Language of Sniffs
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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#164 Buckle Up Pup
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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Big News! Subscriptions Are Now Live
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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#155 Post-Incident Recovery
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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#156 Puppy Coordination Challenges
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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#157 Do You Smell That
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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#158 Sorry, My Dog Isn't Taking Visitors Today
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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#159 What if...My Dog Bites
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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#150 No Treat for Me
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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#151 Can I See Your Management
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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#152 Don't Listen Yet
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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#153 Skip The Short Leash
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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#154 One Day at a Time
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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#145 Only When We are Home Alone
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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#146 Your attention is teaching your dog to bark more, not less.
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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#147 A Rewarding Dinner
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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#148 "Something Better is Coming": The Art of Teaching Leave-It
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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#149 The Frustration Factor
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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#140 Fear in Rescue Dogs: The Underexposure Reality
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May 26, 2025 |
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#141 IIs My Dog a Mind Reader?
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May 26, 2025 |
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#142 Strategically is Better Than Frequently
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May 26, 2025 |
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#143 Management Always Fails
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May 26, 2025 |
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#144 When your dog crosses a line, you're the one responsible.
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May 26, 2025 |
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#135 Game Day Dog Woes
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May 19, 2025 |
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#136 Distance Makes the Sit Grow Stronger
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May 19, 2025 |
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#137 Walks Cannot Be All About You
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May 19, 2025 |
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#138 Consent and Safety: Why Standing Dogs Make Better Interactions
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May 19, 2025 |
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#139 2 Houses Up
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May 19, 2025 |
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#130 Stand, Sniff, Wiggle: How Dogs Really Want to Meet You
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May 12, 2025 |
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#131 Teaching Your Dog to Drop: From Toys to Treasures
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May 12, 2025 |
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#132 Why Your Dog's Perfect Recall Is Slowly Disappearing
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May 12, 2025 |
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#133 Sit is NOT the Gold Standard
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May 12, 2025 |
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#134 3 is Better than One
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May 12, 2025 |
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#125 Breaking Old Habits
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May 06, 2025 |
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#126 The Two-Walk Balance
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May 06, 2025 |
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#127 Reverse Gear for Your Dog
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May 06, 2025 |
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#128 Training in Reverse: Why Starting at the End Works
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May 06, 2025 |
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#129 Scared Pup or Worried Woofer? A Tale of Two Emotions
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May 06, 2025 |
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#120 Fear vs Anxiety
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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#121 Wave Your Hands in the Air Like You Train With Flair
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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#122 Don't step in Coach through it
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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#123 Bench Time: The Walk Hack Your Dog Is Begging For
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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#124 Rewiring Canine Minds
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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#119 Once is not enough
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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#118 Don't take it personal
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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#117 It's not just water
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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#116 Wait, do we live here?
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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#115 Activity level trumps schedule EVERYTIME
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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#110 Snake!!!
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#111 Sing it with me now - I walk the line
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#112 You aren't afraid?
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#113 Party back here
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#114 Food stuffed toys to the rescue
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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#105 Oh, oh, here she comes
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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#106 Don't run, let's get dressed
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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#107 It's not lack of respect. It is lack of training.
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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#108 Don't touch that
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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#109 We have to train a cue, not just use it in everyday life
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Jan 23, 2024 |
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#100 Don't just pet Sometimes handle
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#101 A little reverse psychology
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#102 Don't ignore my dog
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#103 Community cues
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#104 Did you call me?
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Jan 15, 2024 |
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#95 One Cue One Definition
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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#96 Off does not mean don't jump
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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#97 Prepare your guests in advance
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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#98 This is a place and this is a place and this is a place
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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#99 Hey, what's that on the fridge
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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#90 Don't play leash tug
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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#91 NO is not a verb
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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#92 It is okay to combine cues
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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#93 There is a fine line between play and fight
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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#94 The Leave It response can be subtle. Very subtle.
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Jan 01, 2024 |
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#87 Frustration adds no value
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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#88 No milkbone for me
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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#89 Teach him what to do
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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#85 How we feel vs how they feel
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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#86 Your house your rules
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Dec 18, 2023 |
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#80 Fearful Dog? Play hard to get!
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#81 Is your dog sound sensitive? Don't avoid sounds - desensitize your dog to sounds
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#82 Make Drop It a game
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#83 Wait or Ice Skate
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#84 Under
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Dec 04, 2023 |
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#79 It is a matter of trust
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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#75 Alternative Behaviors
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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#76 How to introduce the drop it cue
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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#77 Pet me Pet me
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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#78 Dogs can do everything but read your mind
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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#70 Bring it versus drop it
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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#71 What happens in the living room
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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#72 Don't just walk - Adventure
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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#73 Blowing a coat
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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#74 Down without leaning over
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Nov 13, 2023 |
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#65 Get your dog away from the item - do not try to get the item away from your dog
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#66 Is your reward really a reward?
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#67 Getting in the car
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#68 The signs of stress
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#69 Dogs cannot turn the radio down
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Oct 30, 2023 |
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#63 Run Away Recalls
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#64 Stay for the ball
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#60 Don't be fooled into a game of keep away
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#61 The Signs of Resource Guarding
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#62 Reward what you like
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Oct 23, 2023 |
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#55 Wait Zones
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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#56 Training is more than...
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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#57 Be proactive with that Leave It cue
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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#58 Sit challenges
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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#59 Use your Kong as a food bowl
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Oct 16, 2023 |
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#51 Phones can be confusing
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#52 Empty parking lots are a great training location
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#53 Wait at the door is wait at the hallway
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#54 Is your recall a precursor to the fun being over?
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Oct 09, 2023 |
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#50 Use up energy before you walk - no backyard version
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Oct 08, 2023 |
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#47 Don't hold your dog to a higher standard
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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#48 Hansel and Gretel your dog out of his fear
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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#49 Scents and Temperature
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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#46 When he goes high, you go low
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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#45 Train away the energy
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Oct 03, 2023 |
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#44 The Rules of Tug
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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#41 Trainers aren't magic. They just have a little more experience
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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#42 I see you. Do you see me?
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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#43 Where's the treat?
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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#40 But that is my toy!!
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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#39 First Sit. First Treat
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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#38 It's a Good Bed. Honest.
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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#36 Don't Touch My Foot
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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#37 Go Get It! Bring It Here
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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#35 How to Safely Add Distance to your Stays
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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#34 Stay Just a Little Bit Longer...
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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#32 Couch Access Should Be a Privilege
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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#33 Please Come In!!
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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#30 Pet the Dog as They Are
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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#31 Leave It for Play Sessions
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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#29 The 3 Ds - Distance, Duration and their good friend Distraction
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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#26 Game Day Prep
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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#27 Recall Woes
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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#28 No More Snatch and Grab
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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#25 Three Strikes and We Are Out
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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#24 My Dogs Rocket Launch After Wait at the Door
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Aug 14, 2023 |
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#23 Ten Foot at a Time for that Controlled Dog Walk
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Aug 13, 2023 |
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#22 Puppies - The Longer the Leash the Better
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Aug 12, 2023 |
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#21 Variety is the Spice of Life for those Longer Dog Training Sessions
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Aug 11, 2023 |
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#20 Laughter can be a Reward when Dog Training
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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#19 The Definition of Sit
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Aug 08, 2023 |
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#18 Should We Walk or Train? Do Both!
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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#17 Fetch Troubles? Use 2 Toys!!
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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#16 Go to Your Bed...Not the Door
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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#15 Toys as Rewards
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Aug 07, 2023 |
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#8 Replace Food Rewards with Life Rewards
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#9 Sit, Sit, Sit - Avoid the Rapid Fire Sit
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#10 Where You Deliver Treats is Important
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#11 Fade Visuals as You Fade Food Rewards
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#12 Exposure over Training for Puppies
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#13 Share the Path
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#14 Does Sit Really Mean Sit?
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#1 Is Training a Game?
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#2 Short Sweet Training
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#3 There's Just This One Thing
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#4 Anxious Around New People
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#5 Sniff Walks are Mandatory
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#6 Play...then Walk
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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#7 Change Takes Time
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Aug 02, 2023 |