11 Dog Heeling Walk video

Is Your Dog Too Smart For Training? By Sean O’Shea Relationships are real things. You and your dog have one. It might be healthy, balanced, and awesome, or it might be toxic, disrespectful, and disheartening. Or maybe it’s somewhere in-between. Whatever it is, it’s been built by your interactions. What you’ve allowed. What you haven’t…

Another important thing to note is that I mentioned to Jeff that I am an avid mountain biker and that I wanted to teach Rita how to ride with me and eventually with a group of riders. Jeff explained that he would come down and go on a ride with me to help. I decided that I would have a try myself and then call Jeff if I needed to. I never had to call Jeff. I never had to call him because of the basic behaviors that Jeff taught Rita and explained to us provided such a good foundation that it only took 3 rides for me to teach her what was expected on the trail.

I love closing down the kennel every night, as most of you know we do not have dog runs to keep dogs seperate. Though at night each dog does get its own sleeping quarters, we keep smaller dogs in crates since that is the most comfortable and efficient way. Some dogs are not housebroken yet…

As a dog trainer who travels the country training dogs and working with 20-30 families a week in their homes it is so important for folks to understand how a dog thinks. And when there is no authority figure present, the kind of chaos and bad behavior that can happen. Remember the bad behavior of…

The great thing about working with dogs is that we can have such a long lasting positive effect on them. This week is also getting cold out. With the sun shining all day though it is perfect weather for the dogs and my trainers. Sam goes up the slatted & wobbly ramp off leash and…

Another great kennel day with Romy and Clover..after a long training walk with my pack this morning and all of the other dogs got long walks from Dorothy. I was back at the kennel to work all of the dogs….I was very impressed with South who is  enrolled in a intense  1 week boot camp…