Raise your hand if you walk into a post office and are flooded with warm, happy feelings. No? It's just me? When I was growing up, my grandmother was the ...

If you mention giving dogs more control in training, most people envision a dog that chooses to run wild, chasing cats, stealing ice cream cones, and knockin...

Even though our dogs are reliant on us to provide them with food every day, dog owners (and countless dog trainers) still have trouble grasping the idea of g...

From sonic noise machines to citronella sprays, cans of compressed air to electronic shock collars, there is a never ending stream of products and techniques...

A common misunderstanding about reward-based training is the belief that dog owners will have to carry treats "all the time." But the beauty of reward-based...

Here's a compilation of some work I did with a dog who wouldn't walk into the hallway that led to the bathroom, let alone the bathroom, itself, if the owner w...

The chin rest is one of my favorite behaviors to teach and an important first step toward cooperative care. This video shows how to get the chin rest and bui...

I know it looks really impressive on television, but provoking a dog into exhibiting aggressive behavior and then "correcting" it is not behavior modificatio...

Is your dog "supposed to" stay out of the kitchen when you're cooking? Then why is he underfoot? Because he's stubborn? Because defying you is his first move...

"Your dog is barking because he thinks he's in charge. Your dog is sitting at a higher point on the furniture because he thinks he is higher ranking than you...

The Premack Principle states that high-probability behaviors (those performed frequently under conditions of free choice) can be used to reinforce low-probab...

BEHAVIOR - an observable and measurable change in the dog. You probably already have a good idea of what behavior means, but when you describe your dog's beh...

ANTECEDENT - A preceding occurrence, cause or event. In the past, dog training was focused solely on consequences of behavior – reward the good, punish the b...