Did you know that dogs trained by different styles/methods have different "looks?" It's true! Often you can get quite a bit of...

This little dog is looking so nice! Hard to believe she's not even a year old yet.

If you are having trouble working on specific behaviors with your dog, one of the first thing a trainer will look at is what "criteria"...

Giving treats as rewards is a great way of training dogs! (You knew that, right? :) Let's look at these treats in a little more detail....

One of the biggest challenges dog owners face is how to teach their dog to walk politely on-leash without pulling or lunging. Why is this...

Have you ever been frustrated while you're working with your dog? Probably! Training can be frustrating, usually because our expectations...

Sometimes Rally Obedience gets a bad rap -- it's looked down on by some dog folks as "too easy, too lax, too informal." You're allowed to...

In this week's video, feel free to skip to about 1:35 -- this is where the "action" that I'm going to talk about in this blog starts. Is...

Where did the summer go?! And what happened to all my plans for traveling?! I actually did get a few fun vacations in -- a week long trip...

You can literally never do too much distraction training! Especially "dog distraction." Halo is conflicted with her dog-distraction work....

"Molding" is an old-fashioned training method where you physically maneuver the dog into a position in order to train it. The old "teach...

We're getting closer to our show ring goals! This actually looks pretty good; here's what we're going to continue to work on: 1) Reduce...

If you have ever studied the different learning styles of humans, you know that some people learn best by listening (audio learners),...

It was a sad day for the city of Vancouver Washington, directly to the north of Portland. A few days ago, one of the city's police K-9's...

Fall is in the air, and the squirrels are afoot! Those little guys are skittering around prepping for winter, but it sure seems like they...

Congratulations to Team Kayda -- they have just achieved service dog certification through K-9 Prodigy! It's an extremely challenging,...

She's getting so much better with distractions. Like any dog, the answer for problems with distractions is to just keep plugging away at it!

Sport: K-9 Nosework Event: Odor Recognition Test Dog: Halo Location: Tigard, Oregon Hosting: Nose Work Detectives & Calvin Presbyterian...

Eight-month-old Halo's first competitive event was this weekend, and I decided I'd start writing little "reviews" of the events we do,...