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Discover why letting your dog make more choices builds real confidence and trust. Simple, science-backed ways to offer more agency—choice, control, and predictability—in walks, training, and everyday moments, so your dog feels calmer and more capable of handling life.
Separation Anxiety in Dogs and Why Progress Isn’t Linear Estimated reading time: 9 min Helping a dog with Separation Anxiety is hard. Being a dog with Separation Anxiety is hard. Separation Anxiety is just hard. It is stressful, it is heavy, it comes with a high caregiver burden, and I’m
I am lying on the floor on my yoga mat, wriggling like a worm. The speaker in front of me is blasting a percussive din of shrieks. My ribcage expands, I inhale. My exhale vibrates in my chest as a long, controlled breath turns into a hum. In the dim
3 Purrfect Ways to Stimulate Your Cat’s Brain Estimated reading time: 8 minutes Enrichment is kind of a buzzword nowadays. If you have been the proud guardian of a dog, I would be pretty shocked if you hadn’t at least come across the concept of enrichment and why it matters.
Behavioral Regressions in Dogs: What’s Normal and When to Seek Help Estimated reading time: 10 mins “We thought we’d already worked through this.” If you’ve ever said that about your dog’s behavior, you’re not alone. Maybe the food bowl guarding had improved. Maybe the growling at the couch stopped. Maybe
Life Lessons and Support for Behaviorally Complex Pets Content warning: Brief discussions of aggression toward humans and dogs, and behavioral euthanasia. Please Ignore Us My house sits next to a small apartment building. As in my driveway is right next to some of their front doors. The building has pretty
There is No I in Team, but There is a U in Community You are walking your reactive dog and you are both doing your very best. You have your high value treats in a treat pouch, you have a leash sleeve alerting others that your dog needs space. You
Understanding Your Pet’s Veterinary Care Team When was the last time you went to a concert? For me it was a couple weeks ago. I was positively delighted with the opening band, which, let’s be real, sometimes you never know if it’s gonna be your thing. Then the support crew
Before You Become a Dog Trainer, You Need a Community I was nervous about being the person half of a demo team (along with Peter the Wondermutt, obviously) for Ellen’s recent and fabulous talk on creating safe spaces at Clicker Expo Live. I texted with my trainer bestie to get
Becoming Pet Harmony Every once in a while an inquiry hits our inbox from an aspiring trainer or behavior professional that asks us the best path to get into the field. Working in an unregulated field, where anyone can slap a title like “certified trainer,” “or “behaviorist,” on a business
Learning Dog Body Language I know we talk about it ALL OF THE TIME and for that I can make no apologies. It really is just that important. I don’t think I am going out on a limb when I say that understanding your dog’s body language is paramount to
Understanding Impostor Syndrome in Animal Behavior Ok, I have a serious question that is going to sound like a setup for a Jerry Seinfeld joke: what’s the deal with Impostor Syndrome, amirite?? It feels like everyone has it these days. It feels like it comes up in almost every conversation.
Why the Best Trainers Always Go Back to Basics For those of you who aren’t familiar with the animal behavior industry, there’s a very well-known and influential trainer and consultant named Ken Ramirez who once said, “Advanced training is basic training done really well.” Even though this quote is well
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