• The Dog Conversations We Avoid
    Feb 20 2026

    Rehoming dogs. Behavioral euthanasia. And the parts of these conversations we usually avoid. If you want the honest story of the dog I rehomed… you're in the right place.

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  • Trainers Behaving Badly
    Feb 9 2026

    Trainers behaving badly.
    Force-free trainers behaving badly.
    Balanced trainers behaving badly.
    And what we do when people show up poorly…especially in public spaces.

    This isn't about sides. It's about responsibility, restraint, and how much damage a single person can do…or not do…depending on how we choose to respond.

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  • The Least Aversive Option
    Jan 30 2026

    If you use an aversive in training, is the goal to use the least aversive option, or the least aversive option that gets the job done and fits within your entire system of training?

    I talk about that here.

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  • The Art of Choice in Dog Training
    Nov 28 2025

    Sometimes I'll take choice away if I think it's the right thing for the dogs. Sometimes I'll give choice. And sometimes I'll just stop working on a problem altogether… It depends.

    That's what this live is about - choices I make for Tye, depending on the circumstance.

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  • Are Dogs Really More Anxious Today? …And Other Things We Can't Actually Know
    Nov 24 2025

    If we make a blanket statement like, "dogs are more anxious today than they used to be", or "more dogs are being euthanized then were in the past"…

    How do you know that? And if it is true, how are you isolating the variables that might be contributing, in order to conclude that the one you've identified is the relevant one? Because often we make statements which rely on a foundation that is not knowable, or at least least unknown at this time.

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  • Punishment in Training: Does Safety Justify It?
    Nov 13 2025

    Does adding punishers to training make sense when safety is a consideration?

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  • The "Click" and Training the Dog in Front of You
    Oct 31 2025

    Why do I both click and then use a location specific marker with Tye? I explain it here, with Xen making a cameo appearance to demonstrate! And then a few thoughts about training the dog in front of you, and why I train different dogs differently.

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  • Reading Stress in Dogs
    Oct 24 2025

    Signs of stress all have normal variants that are not distress at all; remember that every time you're analyzing a dog for signs of stress! and… I talked a bit about my new dog Tye. He's making an incredible amount of progress; much faster than I could've predicted. That's genetics and resilience at work.

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