You don’t need a dog trainer

Look, if you are here on this website, you likely do not need a dog trainer. If you are dealing with some pretty serious behaviors with your dog, the need for training is really small. Yes, I’ll clarify. As if I’d start being vague now, ha! There are some...

Behavior Teams meetup!

This past weekend I had the pleasure of meeting up with some of my fellow PPG Behavior Teams members! Not only that, my precious dog Barnaby got to attend, along with fellow pups Munson and Cahoots! (side note, dog pros have some of the best dog names in my humble...

The in-person session

There is such a strong pull from people to cling to doing sessions in person. It’s what they see and hear about. most people conjure up thoughts of group classes with dogs lined up holding down stays, or walking in circles nicely around each other on some large...

Our industry is unregulated. And that sucks

Think about a given day you go out and about and live your life. you may not be consciously aware of it, but you are running into many (many!) regulated and monitored systems. Some better then others (and holy moly, don’t get me started on the current...

I invite you to learn about dog body language

“I invite you to learn about dog body language” This was a brilliant response one of my mentors Emily Strong said when she was confronted by a less then kind person. This person was in her client’s home in the capacity of a house sitter. Emily was there working with...