“Everybody is doing their best all the time.” Human behaviour, like dog behaviour is shaped by a whole heap of things. The environment...

We’ve all read the studies about how good dog ownership is for us. Just google Health benefits of owning dogs and a whole raft of...

These are my notes from a 2018 webinar by Sarah Whitehead from the UK. This is MY interpretation of what she said, as best I could do...

"Disobedience happens when the dog is undertrained or undermotivated to comply." Anon Undertraining is your responsibility, but not your...

I train in short sessions. Sometimes I want to achieve something and it’s REALLY DIFFICULT for me to stop, or to do something easy for my...

Taking a dog to an off leash park or some other exciting place and expecting them to come away from dog play is like giving a teenager...

I recently read a blog post saying that in tense or exciting situations, the handler should be calm. This will help the dog to be calm....

I think so. They are like us in lots of ways, so why wouldn't they have moods too? They are mammals. They have emotions. They have...

Does your dog know their name? Not just at home but everywhere? If you want your dog to pay attention to their name in all circumstances,...

Emotions, like the weather, come and go. Moods hang around for longer. Just as a climate shapes the sort of weather that is likely, moods...

We knew it without knowing it. Different things tire humans, and we can be refreshed by rest, or a change of activity. It seems to me...