2-Minute Trainer - Tips, Training Games, & Problem Solvers

No room is no excuse

No room is no excuse

Our training space / home gym We would love to have a big training space. The recommended size of a competition obedience ring is 40 x 50 feet. 2000 square...

No room is no excuse

Our training space / home gym We would love to have a big training space. The recommended size of a competition obedience ring is 40 x 50 feet. 2000 square...

Actually, your dog doesn't know better

Actually, your dog doesn't know better

Ceilidh looks guilty, but... We hear it all the time. “My dog peed on the bed to spite me.” “Fifi knows better - she did it because she was mad...

Actually, your dog doesn't know better

Ceilidh looks guilty, but... We hear it all the time. “My dog peed on the bed to spite me.” “Fifi knows better - she did it because she was mad...

Picture the result you want

Picture the result you want

If you don’t know where you’re going, how are you going to get there? When training your dog, picture the result that you want. Define it for yourself in your...

Picture the result you want

If you don’t know where you’re going, how are you going to get there? When training your dog, picture the result that you want. Define it for yourself in your...

Laugh at your own risk

Laugh at your own risk

You and your dog share a connection. Dogs are particularly sensitive to our emotions - they seem to just know when we’re sick, upset, angry, or happy. Dogs are attuned...

Laugh at your own risk

You and your dog share a connection. Dogs are particularly sensitive to our emotions - they seem to just know when we’re sick, upset, angry, or happy. Dogs are attuned...

All behaviors are equal

All behaviors are equal

In our little morning training session today, Torque reminded Hope that all behaviors should be treated equal. Most rewarding All dogs will, pretty reliably, do what’s most rewarding to them....

All behaviors are equal

In our little morning training session today, Torque reminded Hope that all behaviors should be treated equal. Most rewarding All dogs will, pretty reliably, do what’s most rewarding to them....

What do you want to do?

What do you want to do?

Everybody has the conversation with friends or family: “What do you want to do?” “I don’t know. What do you want to do?” “I dunno.” So nothing gets done. Or...

What do you want to do?

Everybody has the conversation with friends or family: “What do you want to do?” “I don’t know. What do you want to do?” “I dunno.” So nothing gets done. Or...