Now the French Bulldog is off-leash trained and he likes to interact with all people. A client from Redding Ca. brought me a miniature French Bulldog who pulled on the leash and did not like to be petted by strangers. This dog would also charge at the front door when […]

Did you know that one of the best ways to bond with your dog is to simply take your dog out for a walk? I know, it sounds to simple right? But its true. It gives you the chance to clear your mind and enjoy the simple beauty of nature. […]

Some years have now passed since I started training dogs. And I’ve come to realize that a lot of my methods and beliefs about training have also matured. Once you get enough dogs under your belt, you start to understand that even though all dogs are very different, the root […]

          Its funny how, as adults, we walk around in our everyday life, completely immersed in our own little world and wrapped up in our own problems.  So much so that we almost completely miss the world around us.  Tons of things are happening daily and […]

So lets ask the question again? “What the heck is balanced training?” First, the word balanced means so many different things to so many different people that when using it to describe a style of dog training its become very controversial. Okay so basically there are about three schools of […]

Comfort Zone When I first learned to train dogs, it was in a particular way. Now that way had many rules to follow, you had to do one thing before you could build on the next thing. Makes sense right? I saw nothing wrong with the way I was training […]

One of the reasons I think its fun to be a dog trainer, is that, there is never just one way to accomplish your goal.  If the dog your training is having problems understanding what you are trying to teach him, you just have to find a different way to […]

So Bo came to my training facility in a fairly common way.  New neighbors had moved in.  A family with a small baby boy.  I would see them from  time to time while out walking my dogs and would chat as neighbors do.  I noticed they had a small little […]

Morris (The Cat?)   So every day I take my dogs for a walk, it varies where we go, depending on what I’m in the mood for. The hills in my neighborhood, flat mile circle built by the local park, noisy and busy downtown or flat 3 mile, where you […]