by Doug | Sep 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
How Do Humans See Training? Humans think it’s “fix or train the dog,” or 1. My job is to get them thinking it’s possibly both “fix and train the dog,” or “fix train the human,” or 2. When I’ve done my job, clients figure out how the human’s at the crux of all their... by Doug | Aug 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Having a relaxed dog is best. Having a voluntarily submissive dog is best. Both keep your dog’s energy levels low, paradoxically reinforcing their low energy levels, and keeping problems at bay since problems appear when their energy levels are high. Problems appear... by Doug | Jul 14, 2024 | Uncategorized
How *Sweet* Can a Dog Be? It doesn’t matter how sweet a dog is, but it sort of does…. You have to take the time to figure out why that is. If ten people look at a puppy that just tilted its head, all ten people will tell me how sweet the dog looks. When I ask... by Doug | Jun 24, 2024 | Uncategorized
When your dog reacts to EVERY, LITTLE, SOUND. This is long and sequential. Stick with it—it’ll be worth it. Dogs are born with cold, wet noses—working noses. Human schedules are so busy they unknowingly cross one of Nature’s lines: not enough interaction... by Doug | Jun 18, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Surgeon General now recommends social media having a warning label to combat what he called an emergency mental health crisis amongst youth. No surprise there. Instead of simply saying “it needs a warning label,” GO INTO DETAIL ABOUT WHAT ABOUT SOCIAL MEDIA MAKES... 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...