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Q&A videos
Short, honest answers to the questions we get every week — from crate training to reactivity on leash.
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New videos post to YouTube and TikTok. Ask a question and it may become the next one.
Foundations
Why your recall fails
The three habits that quietly poison a recall — and the order to fix them in.
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Leash reactivity, honestly
What is actually happening when your dog explodes at another dog, and why distance is the first tool.
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Crate training without the guilt
A crate is not a cage if you build it right. Here is the build.
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Why we film these
Most dog problems
are the same problems
After twenty years, the pattern is hard to miss. The overwhelming majority of calls we get are one of about a dozen issues: pulling on leash, ignoring recall, jumping on guests, barking at the window, guarding food or toys, panicking in the crate, or losing composure at the sight of another dog.
None of those are exotic. Most of them have answers that fit in three minutes of video. So rather than charge someone for a consultation to hear something they could have watched for free, we film the answer and put it out.
The videos will not fix a genuine aggression case, and we say so in them. But they will fix a lot of ordinary frustration, and if they save you a program fee we consider that a fair trade for the trust it earns.
Before you watch
Three things that
change everything
Timing beats intensity
A marker delivered half a second late teaches something other than what you meant. Almost every handling problem we correct is a timing problem wearing a different costume, and it costs nothing to fix except attention.
Distance is a tool
If your dog cannot think at ten feet, training at three feet is not brave, it is wasted. Back up until the dog can succeed, then close the gap in increments the dog can absorb.
Consistency is the whole game
A rule enforced eight times out of ten is not a rule, it is a lottery, and dogs are excellent at playing lotteries. The households that get lasting results are the ones where everyone enforces the same thing.
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