Dog Talk

Welcome to my blog! I love to share what I know about dogs with other people, so thanks for reading this. I know that you’re going to learn all kinds of really cool things you didn’t know before.

Silly Dog

Sometimes I’ll be silly because it’s fun. That’s probably why I’m a good dog trainer. I [...]

Dog Tugging Games Stimulate Performance

Tug Games Stimulate Performance not Aggression

Studies have now proven that playing tug games with dogs will not cause a dog to be aggressive.

This common misconception had survived for a long time however, we know now that playing tug is a natural game. Dogs play tug for the fun, which makes tug games are very effective [...]

Train Behaviors One Step at a Time

Training your dog one step at a time will help your dog learn faster and retain the knowledge. Breaking your training down into the smallest possible steps will help solve dog training problems which will help you and your dog be happier.

Train Dogs to Respond Quickly

Stimulate your dog to work faster or harder by doing the following:

Try occasionally offering ‘higher value’ rewards for good performance.

Try real chicken or cheese treats for a change. Dogs frequently get bored with their treats.

If you train with toys, try one of our exciting new Buffalo fur toys, or a leather toy.

If your dog [...]

Training Rules

For many of us, learning about dogs isn’t boring or difficult. It comes easy because we’re fascinated by our best friends and competition companions and also want to understand them better. And for many of us, they are a complete mystery – a bit like aliens living among us.

Those Aliens Among Us

Here in the [...]

Dog Toys Are For Training

“What’s the big deal about dog training? I should be able to tell the dog what to do and he’s supposed to do it.” How many people feel that way? If you have a quick answer for this remark, let me know because I could use one.

The best response would be a reasoned explanation about [...]

Train your dog

Train you dog to fetch the paper

#1 Take it slow when teaching your dog new behaviors.

#2 Teach your dog to fetch the paper in 5 steps.

#3 Link several behaviors to teach your dog new tricks.

Teach your dog faster with Play

#1 Dogs learn fastest and best when playing.

#2 Have fun and enjoy your dog training, you’ll [...]