From dog trainers on TV to professional sport trainers to the casual pet dog trainer, the range of skill and the types of techniques used, even within a given level field, varies as much as the faces of the people carrying the techniques out. What doesn’t change though is the fact that animal training and…

Well, I’m in New Zealand prior to my set of lectures in Auckland, Massey University, and Dunedin. After a little over a day, here’s what I can say. 1. New Zealand Airlines is the best airline I’ve taken so far. The flight was over 13 hours but it didn’t seem long at all! 2. There…

Question Hello, I am currently fostering two littermate chocolate labs. They are sisters, 5 years old. A family purchased them together, but they were not trained or conditioned to be independent of each other. As a result they are bonded so strongly that I consider it unhealthy. They cry and whine when separated, and they are…

Question: My husband and I have a 10-week old yellow lab named Avery.  We brought her home 3 weeks ago, at the age of 7 weeks, and have been using the methods we learned from your book, Perfect Puppy in 7 Days, to teach her to say please and to sit for everything. It is going…

“We were on a cruise in Juneau when we got the report,” says the client sitting across from me. “The surgeon had to open his intestines in three places and they found part of a sock and a shoe. Three feet of the intestines was severely swollen and the intestines were close to busting open.”…

     For walking your dog you’ll want a flat collar, a front-attaching harness, or a head collar. The flat collar is convenient because dogs can wear it all the time. (For exceptions, read this article: Which Types of Collars and Harnesses are Safe for Your Dog?) A front-attaching harness gives more directional control, while the…