by Doug | Jun 11, 2024 | Uncategorized
The claim: dogs can sense our feelings and emotions. Can you prove it? No. Can you have an opinion about it? Yes—absolutely! Can you promote your opinion as fact? No, but a lot of people do, and that’s a bigger problem than it appears at first sight. We’ll... by Doug | Jun 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Questions hide hidden layers. “Learning that ‘questions hide hidden layers’” is yet another layer. Truly learning what has always been available to learn—but which you may not have learned… yet—is itself another layer that wakes up you, your observer, your observer of... by Doug | May 25, 2024 | Training
BABY TALK—STOP USING IT WITH YOUR DOG With dogs, don’t use baby talk. Don’t—just don’t—and don’t shoot the messenger. We’re going down quite a series of rabbit holes—stick with it! High energy dogs are the dogs that have the problems. High energy dogs have problems... by Doug | May 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
My friend—my dead friend. One little word told you that. My friend. or My late friend. We may not think about it, but in seemingly the smallest way, words have huge importance. Remind yourself and others around you that you’re in one of two camps. You’re either: an... by Doug | May 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Socialization? To most, it’s “taking dogs on field trips to stores and exposing them to as many, different environments as possible.” The theory is that by familiarization and desensitization, they’ll become relaxed and submissive, and will be able to... by Doug | Mar 18, 2024 | Training
How Do You and Your Dog Relate? Executive Summary Question: What happens in relationships? You and Your Dog Spoiler: choose Nature. What holistic foundation do you follow for you and your #dog? Have you ever even thought about it? I’ll venture probably not—our... by Doug | Feb 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
It’s complicated, but here we go… Respectfully, you have a flawed model for canine leadership. Dogs don’t care who feeds them. Dogs don’t care who takes care of them. Dogs don’t like it when you’re “nice” to them.[1] (IMHO, it’s not so much about choosing to like or... by Doug | Feb 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Cold, Wet Noses and Its Connection to a Dog’s Hypersensitivity to Sounds If your doodle reacts to every little sound around the house, I’ll challenge most of you to check their noses and mouths, and to think about Nature and how Nature has wild animals behave in... 
by Doug | Feb 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
Doodles and Tail Wagging What if “a wagging tail” confirms a dog’s high energy? What if a dog’s “high energy” is a bad thing? What if their high energies bring behavior problems? What about Nature’s wild animals all having high energy levels? Wagging... by Doug | Feb 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
BNBR, wild animals are wild. That’s just common sense. Unrelated, yet related question: what’s your model for a dog’s being wild or not-wild? It’s not insignificant. If you don’t have a holistic model for how a dog can be, at any time, all through its life, then your...