2-Minute Trainer - Tips, Training Games, & Problem Solvers
Your Face Is A Stop Sign
Seeing your face signals your dog to stop. Don’t believe it? It’s easy to test. Invite your dog to run with you. You’re both going along together, facing the same...
Your Face Is A Stop Sign
Seeing your face signals your dog to stop. Don’t believe it? It’s easy to test. Invite your dog to run with you. You’re both going along together, facing the same...
Dog Training Game: Which Bucket
When we were kids, our mom worked in Downtown Chicago, in the Loop. During the summer, we would take the “El” into the city to meet her for lunch at...
Dog Training Game: Which Bucket
When we were kids, our mom worked in Downtown Chicago, in the Loop. During the summer, we would take the “El” into the city to meet her for lunch at...
Are you a dog-control freak?
How much of a control freak are you with your dog? As the dog trainer associated with a doggy day care facility, the staff sometimes asks Hope to consult with...
Are you a dog-control freak?
How much of a control freak are you with your dog? As the dog trainer associated with a doggy day care facility, the staff sometimes asks Hope to consult with...
Dog Training Game: Put On Your Collar
There’s one training game we use each and every day, multiple times each day. It’s not particularly exciting, or fun. But it has saved us a ton of aggravation. That's...
Dog Training Game: Put On Your Collar
There’s one training game we use each and every day, multiple times each day. It’s not particularly exciting, or fun. But it has saved us a ton of aggravation. That's...
Knowing Isn't Doing: Why Your Dog Training Fails
It’s a sinking feeling when you’re watching your dog training student get out of the car and get dragged across the street to class by her dog. Especially when it’s...
Knowing Isn't Doing: Why Your Dog Training Fails
It’s a sinking feeling when you’re watching your dog training student get out of the car and get dragged across the street to class by her dog. Especially when it’s...
Your Dog's "Reactivity" is Just Exuberance: Tim...
We heard from a long-time friend this week, reaching out for training after acquiring a new dog. We actually met her at our dog training club, so we know she...
Your Dog's "Reactivity" is Just Exuberance: Tim...
We heard from a long-time friend this week, reaching out for training after acquiring a new dog. We actually met her at our dog training club, so we know she...