A Gunner Story: A Hike and Trusting Your Dog

2023-01-29T18:02:09+00:00By |Categories: Dog Case Studies|Tags: , , , , , , , |0 Comments

Gunner was my first Greyhound, adopted in December of 1993. I lost him in September 2000. He taught me a lot. And I like to sometimes reflect on the things I have learned from my dogs. Gunner and I did a lot of hiking together. We both loved to hit the hiking trails and enjoy [...]

I’m glad my dog disobeyed me!

2019-04-29T03:05:41+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, Romeo's Adventures|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

If you’re thinking there’s a typo in the subject of my post, you did read it correctly. And yes, that is what I intended to say! We tend to be very quick to get upset or frustrated when our dogs “know” what we’re telling them to do and they seem to deliberately disobey us. I [...]

Building trust with your dog

2019-04-29T02:59:57+00:00By |Categories: Dog Training, Romeo's Adventures|Tags: , , , |1 Comment

In my post, Does your dog trust you?, I discussed the importance of developing trust to most effectively train your dog. If you want your dog to do as you ask, no matter what, your best bet at success is to have earned a strong degree of trust from your dog. But how do you do [...]

Does your dog trust you?

2019-04-29T02:59:41+00:00By |Categories: Romeo's Adventures|Tags: , , , , , , , , |0 Comments

One of the biggest points I try to get across to people is that training dogs effectively is really about creating a partnership, learning to work together, and learning to communicate effectively with each other. It’s not about “teaching the dog who is boss” or establishing “dominance” because if that’s your main goal, you’ve already [...]

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