Monthly Archives: February 2021

When I think about all the different dog breeds, and the way people talk about them-this breed being more challenging, more driven, more one thing or another compared to others- it's helpful to bring it back to behavior and reinforcement. Different breeds find certain activities or consequences to be more or less reinforcing. When we decide to take on a certain breed, we are, knowingly [...]

Good intentions are not enough. It is challenging as a trainer who has spent the past 16 years thinking about how to work with dogs struggling with fear based behavior challenges, to have to confront and work with the self-proclaimed sensitive and empathetic folks out there who are responsible for making decisions about a dog's welfare.   It is very easy to become misguided that [...]