We're humans and we communicate with our dogs from our human perspective. Our dogs are not humans. Thinking of them as such is often not...

This is my last post in this series about training issues. Example: your dog doesn't come when called. It can be an environmental issue....

Another training issue is that our rewards aren't motivating enough for the dog at this time. (When writing this, I thought a lot about...

This is another common issue when we're working with our dogs. Feedback is anything the dog does to tell us that what we're doing is or...

(We can't get our message across.) Another common training error is that our communication is unclear. (We can't get our message across.)...

Your dog is learning ALL the time, even when you aren't deliberately training. They're learning FROM you and ABOUT you. They're learning...

People often say it takes about 7 years for a dog to calm down. I'm not entirely sure what they mean by that. Do they mean the dog does...

Remember that breed differences will affect what you see. Some breeds have wrinkled faces, hair over the face, rounded eyes etc....