Great news everyone! The American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior has released an official position statement on their view of Dominance Theory and how it relates to training us domestic dogs…and the fact that it doesn’t work – at…

What a great article to wake up to today! The AVSAB (American Veterinary Society of Animal Behavior) has just released an official statement on the better choice to train dogs… and it just so happens, they’re the same methods I’ve…

Okay, before you start saying “What? Huh? What do you mean?” I’m talking specifically about refining my mini-golf skills, not my skills as a dog trainer – I already do that everyday. Whatever your “skill” is, whether it be…

I’ve been taking Poncho out to Kimball Park and the Ventura State Beach a lot lately, training him to run for longer periods of time while on leash… Yes, running for a sustained period of time is new for…

For the past month or so this Ventura dog trainer has been spending more time training her own dog Poncho to “run” while on leash, versus sniffing/marking/shuffling along… I know he is a dog, and dogs enjoy doing those things….

My mom the dog trainer here in Ventura got to be a student today! She, dad and I had SO much fun! We went to Freedom Park in Camarillo for Canine Agility… We hadn’t done that in a long…