The Myth of “Only Tell Them Once”
What if you ask a dog (whatever age, breed, sex, background, training level) to do something, but there is no…
Lessons for trainers from a crisis negotiator
Turns out hostage negotiator Scott Walker, author of “Order Out of Chaos” has some useful tips for animal trainers! At…
Mixed emotions may not be mixed after all
Recent work finds mixed emotions have distinct neural signatures. This sentence stopped me in my tracks. I read on: “As…
Podcast: Beyond Commands: Creating Meaningful Relationships with Dogs from Suzanne Clothier
Suzanne Clothier – Beyond Commands: Creating Meaningful Relationships with Dogs from Suzanne Clothier It was a pleasure to be on…
Positively Hopeful for the Future
The online dog training community is not a particularly nice place to be these days. The Us vs Them mentality…
Repeat After Me (If you can!)
There is nothing like hands-on learning with your fellow dog enthusiasts. At this workshop held at Good Choice Dog Training…
Functional Assessment Tracking
FAT is an online app that helps anyone caring for dogs evaluate and track a dog’s well-being across physiological, cognitive…
Communicating the Meaning Behind Our Touch
https://www.bps.org.uk/research-digest/we-intuitively-understand-meaning-behind-touch-arm “It’s common knowledge that we use more than speech to communicate. Our facial signals, hand gestures and tone of…
Juggling Life with Many Dogs
How does it work, a life with so many dogs? At the moment, there is only 7, though we’ve had…
The Cake Mistake
I love baking. Just as soon as any capable adult allowed me, I was interested in learning how to make…
