If you read the last two entries in the "power series," you've so far learned that both handlers and their dogs bring to the table their...

A "power dog" sounds either kind of cool...or kind of terrifying. What do trainers mean when they talk about a "power dog?" (sometimes...

When I go to do assessments or to meet with new clients, they (the humans) generally fall into one of two camps: Some are the "High...

I'm actually a huge fan of "overtraining," which is training the dog to a level much higher than that needed for daily life or whatever ....

Apparently everybody survived the "Northwest Onslaught," or whatever they were calling that big rainy storm a couple weeks back. Did your...

Here is just a quick tutorial/reminder of how you are to practice that "recall to hand" thing. The collar-to-hand target thing can take a...

Dog training and handling can be a great activity for kids to work on and master. This article is aimed primarily at working with...

What do you do if you ask your dog to do something and he or she doesn't do it? There are actually *lots* of options. Which one is best...

Recall (come when called) can be hard to train, and unfortunately really easy to mess up. Some dogs have particularly fragile recalls,...

With the completion of Halo's first Rally Obedience title (Rally Novice) earlier this summer, we're on to the greater challenges of Rally...

It's been so long since we've had training videos of Halo! So since it's summer and all, and she's physically mature enough to handle...

Do trainers who use positive-style methods ever use the word "No" to a dog? Most actually do! Of course there will be times when you want...

The two-day rally trial was awesome, but it wore me out! It's almost two weeks later that I even have a chance to write about it! This...

Almost everybody who has a dog makes at least some effort to train it! But when the training doesn't seem to be working, some people get...

Who's got a job? Who's got a boss or manager? Do you like your boss? I often think that the relationship between someone and his/her dog...

Sometimes you really just want to stop everything and train cats to Fetch and Play Dead. Shaping, Capturing, and Luring are all methods...

For this post, by "dog handler" I just mean "anybody who handles a dog." Not necessarily a show ring handler, or a police dog handler....

As a follow-up to yesterday's post, I wanted to start case-studying a few different dogs in the string and talk about my decisions as to...

As you train and practice with your dog, keep "environment" on your radar. Selecting the correct environment for your dogs work is very...