Podcast Episodes

Pros and cons of pushing a dog in training.

As with most things, it's not black-and-white. Some dogs benefit from more splitting, patterns, higher rate of reinforcement, and easier training ses…

3 years, 9 months ago

Singular vs. Mass Distraction

Dogs react very differently to a singular event or a mass distraction. This is another one of those personal qualities that you'll want to know about…

3 years, 9 months ago

Planning your training session

In this live, I describe how I am going to train my dog this weekend away from home. What is my route? What is my plan to ensure that we have as much…

3 years, 10 months ago

So you had a bad day

We've all been there. Watch this live to get some ideas for how to handle it when you're ready to throw in the towel over a single bad day.

3 years, 10 months ago

Classical & Operant Conditioning

Once again we covered a lot of territory! This live will introduce you to the quadrants (operant conditioning), and also classical conditioning. We d…

3 years, 10 months ago

Exercise and reactive behavior

Does your dog become more or less reactive to triggers when you increase your dog's exercise? While counterintuitive, it appears that some dogs might…

3 years, 11 months ago

Correlation is not Causation

Are you teaching what you think you're teaching?

This live covered correlation is not causation and the risks of superstitious learning in humans! W…

3 years, 11 months ago

Trust. What is it?

I hear this word used a lot in dogtraining. Usually it's the trainer saying that the dog trusts them. How do you know that? Trust is given, not taken…

4 years ago

Positive Bitesports

Yes, bitesports can be done positively. But if you put a traditional foundation first it will be a whole lot harder, if you can do it at all.

**Since…

4 years ago

Adventure & Versatility

Denise & I hung out with our very first guest, Erin Lynes, FDSA instructor and breeder of the most versatile labs around--in our humble opinion, that…

4 years ago