Here's a myth we've all heard: "If your dog growls at you while he's eating his food, you should take away his food to show him that it'...

In my last post, I introduced the idea that stubbornness isn't really a dog trait because dogs perform behaviors that are reinforced, and...

If you are a dog trainer, you've heard it a thousand times. If you are a pet dog owner, you may have said it or thought it a thousand ti...

It's happened to all of us. Maybe you compete in agility, and halfway through the course, your dog takes off and runs zoomies, blowing y...

Podcast Discussing Thresholds I had the very fun privilege of recording a podcast with trainers Kat Camplin and Becca Hintz discussing be...

The Dominance Fallacy and Our Obsession with Pack Leadership In a Facebook poll... I recently asked my Facebook followers to list their f...

Truth: Dogs all learn the same way. However, what they find reinforcing varies. How many times have you heard some variation of these s...