Perfect Companion K9

A lot of force free trainers love to attack videos posted by balanced trainers by saying things like, "the dog looks stress", "the behaviours are just being suppressed", etc. I like to discuss this, based on my own first hand experience both as a force free trainer (first 5 years of my career) and a balanced trainer, because I think this misconception can cause a lot of owners of challenging dogs to end up missing the chance to get the help they desperately need.

“No” is a complete sentence in the human world; ironically, it is a dirty word to lots of people in the dog world.

Why don't I put scary "before" videos on my social media the way many trainers do?

How do we teach a dog to enjoy staying in heel?

We don’t encourage any on-leash greeting (i.e., allowing a dog to “say hi” to other dogs or people while leashed). Here is why. Dog...