Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchTraining a Concept Over Precision
How do you teach a highly generalized concept like retrieve - where you might want the dog to retrieve a wide variety of items?
In this live, I touc…
2 years, 1 month ago
Listening to Misunderstand
Disagree all you want, but don't listen to misunderstand. That's when I disengage.
Follow my training!
The High Drive Dog
More online tra…
2 years, 2 months ago
Response to Zak George
I desperately wish that training dogs was easy. I wish there was a one-size-fits-all solution. I wish all of training could be cookies and toys and g…
2 years, 2 months ago
A Dog-Centric Existence?
Do you prioritize dogs above people? How about other animals? I wonder if that has ever happened at any other time in the history of our species….
A…
2 years, 2 months ago
Do Biting Sports Make Dogs Aggressive?
Do biting sports make dogs more likely to misunderstand in real life, and bite at the wrong time?
Maybe. As with many things, it's not a simple answ…
2 years, 2 months ago
Dominance? Pack? Words...Are Hard.
Words are so complicated. If we remember that the purpose of words is to communicate rather than to create division, we'll get along a lot better.
D…
2 years, 2 months ago
Be kind!
Try to be kind. The dog world seems to discourage that, but you don't need to follow a negative trend. Be nice to people whenever possible.
Follow …
2 years, 3 months ago
Leashes!
Why do I use leashes in public, if not to direct my dog?
To allow society to feel comfortable in my presence. It has nothing to do with my dog's beh…
2 years, 3 months ago
Know How Training Works
If you want to be involved in conversations on social media about ethics, tools, how training works, etc., you really need to know the basics.
Dogs …
2 years, 3 months ago
Emotional and Overly Emotional
Here I talked about shades of gray in dog training, the problem of the lowest common denominator, and the difference between emotional and overly emo…
2 years, 4 months ago