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Sometimes unexpected things can happen while working with or handling dogs; loose dogs may rush a leashed dog, dog play can escalate into a scuffle or fight (which are different), dogs may have arguments over resources, or the "my dog is friendly" dog may not actually...

Rio was on call all day on Sunday. He was demo dog at an orientation, was a bit of demo dog (but largely sad dog) in my adult basic 2 class, and then came along with me to my private lesson in the evening. Between the classes and the private lesson I had about an hour...

I've had quite the week this week and I want nothing more than to leave you all with something fun and light hearted for the weekend. So, instead of coming down with some ridiculously emotional or heavy topic, I'm ACTUALLY going to keep things really light hearted! I...

My room absolutely reeks of fish. Yes, fish. When I first came home, I figured someone had made a meal from tuna or something fishy (not me that's for sure). No, No. No, No. It's not stinky because someone made a fish based meal. Turns out Rio climbed on top of a...

The last few photos of the summer fun... And then the obligatory photo of Rio in a tree. I think it is a little sad that I could probably have an entire album of photos of Rio climbing trees... this one he got stuck in. Being stretched between the two branches he...

Tonight, I was really struggling with a blog topic. There are days where I struggle with what to write for you all... I'm not going to lie, 4-5 posts per week anywhere from 500-1000 words each post is a lot and I'm certainly bound to run out of ideas occasionally. If...

Behavioral science is something I definitely talk a lot about on this blog and also when talking to my training students. I am a quite the behavior nerd and quite the science nerd (I may have concentrated in psychology and physics for my undergrad degree). It's really...

"I have a [insert breed here] and he is just wild on the leash. He pulls and drags me all over the place. I have seen other [insert breed here] walking with other people and they walk perfectly by their master's side. Why won't my dog do that, how can I get him to do...