SHOULD I LET MY DOG JUMP ON GUESTS?
You’d be surprised how often I get this question. And my answer is always the same to every client…”Whatever works for you!” If you don’t mind your dog jumping on people, and they don’t mind either, then keep doing that. If your dog barks their head off and you have to put them in a […]
FOR THE PEOPLE WITH GOOD DOGS THAT USED TO BE BAD
This weekend we took our dogs up Provo Canyon to Bridal Veil Falls…and it was busy! So many people and so many other dogs. My boxer mix has a history of lunging and being reactive to other dogs. If I don’t correct him in the moment he is thinking about lunging, it can turn very messy […]
YOUR PARENTS RAISED YOU WRONG
Think your parents raised you right? Don’t be so sure. Remember the “Golden Rule?” Do unto others as you would have others do unto you. This is great for children, and absolutely terrible for dogs. The Golden Rule gets dogs in trouble. Just because we need to be caressed and comforted when we are scared, does […]
HIDING SOMETHING EMBARRASSING IN THE BEDROOM?
Millions of Americans suffer this humiliation a few times a week. There’s a simple cure, but most people feel they don’t have the time or the energy to fix it, so they suffer in “not so quiet” silence. But I know what it is. It’s a barking dog. You yell: “Someone grab the dog!” when […]
YOU’RE BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST…AND YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW IT
Remember how your younger sibling could be so annoying!? They would steal your crayons, your clothes, your toys or take the car on the night you needed it most…and then, after the hundredth time (it felt like), of hurting your feelings you finally snapped. You yelled at them…or punched them…or stole something they liked…or locked them out […]
THE LIBERAL MEDIA IS KILLING YOUR DOG
The liberal media has filled our culture with the notion that to tell your dog “no” will “hurt their feelings”…”it’s inhumane”…”your dog will fear you” and other nonsense. Utter and deplorable nonsense. They are shaming the average dog owner into feeling like a bad person if they tell their dog no. In the meantime…their dog […]
IN DENIAL ABOUT YOUR BIG BUT?
Denial is not just a river in Egypt, folks. This last weekend I had the opportunity to utilize a booth at the UVU Home Expo, and I was surprised at the most common phrase I heard from dog owners. By the end of the second day I was able to finish my customer’s sentences. Here […]
DOES YOUR DOG REALIZE YOU’RE SAYING “NO”?
You’ve just opened the front door of your home. Doesn’t really matter who’s on the doorstep. Fido is at it again. He’s been barking since he heard the car pull up, the guest get out, and then the doorbell ring. You gave him a firm “no” but he blew right past you to yip at […]
I WILL LOOK FOR YOU….I WILL FIND YOU…AND I WILL BARK AT YOU.
I hear this statement from almost all of my clients: “I want my dog to bark at the door. It will scare away burglars.” And I can see their logic…after all, I wouldn’t want to enter a home with a barking dog because I don’t want to get bitten. However, this is like saying “I […]
HERE’S WHAT HAPPENED WHEN I TRIED PURE POSITIVE TRAINING
We took our boxer mix to a local retailer for pure positive obedience class. We were able to teach him to sit, down, and walk nicely on a leash. However we tried for weeks to break his jumping on people, lunging at other dogs on the leash, and running away. But no matter what treats […]