Off Leash And Unfiltered

My Dog Treats Me Like A Sibling Or Toy 03.11.2026 44:42 ↓

Does your dog treat you more like a playmate than someone whose boundaries matter?

The Development (Or Potential For Development) Of Aggression In Dogs 30.10.2026 36:49 ↓

Can a dog develop aggressive behavior without ever having bitten before?

My Dog Loves Everyone (Or Do They?) 27.10.2026 52:19 ↓

Does your dog really love everyone, or have they learned to put up with attention they’d rather avoid?

Your Dog Should “Want” To Listen To You, Mmkaaaay? 23.10.2026 40:46 ↓

When Kati got her first dog as an adult, a Rottweiler, she believed that a dog who loved you would naturally listen and come back when called.

How Does Age Factor Into Punishment In Dog Training? 20.10.2026 59:32 ↓

How young is too young for a correction to teach a puppy anything?

Relationship Is Often The “Route Cause” Of Your Dog’s Crappy Behavior 15.10.2026 34:09 ↓

What if improving your dog’s behavior starts with changing your relationship, not searching for a hidden “root cause”?

Dogs Behave Better When The Rules Exist All The Time—This Has Nothing To Do With Commands! 09.10.2026 31:56 ↓

Does your dog only follow the rules after you give a command?

Obedience Training For Dummies: Effective Dog Training 06.10.2026 43:57 ↓

Sometimes the biggest improvements in obedience training come from the smallest changes.

Don’t Overthink Dog Training—The Principles Stay The Same For All Dogs 02.10.2026 55:56 ↓

Do all dogs really need completely different training?

Not Reaching Your Dog Training Goals? The Bad News Is, It’s You. And The Good News Is, It’s You. 29.09.2026 43:04 ↓

Why do some owners make remarkable progress with realistic training goals while others remain stuck?

How Far Can You Take This Dog Training Thing? You’re Not Reaching Your Potential! 22.09.2026 25:18 ↓

How much more could your dog accomplish if you stopped settling for “good enough”?

One Of The Biggest Fallacies In Dog Training—Extinction 14.09.2026 34:54 ↓

In this episode Kati Peppe takes on a piece of dog-training advice you’ve likely seen everywhere — “extinction,” or simply withholding...

How To Unleash The Worst Version Of Your Dog 11.09.2026 42:02 ↓

In this episode Kati explains how well-meaning owners can accidentally produce the worst version of their dog.

Implement These 5 Principles And Have A Relationship With Your Dog That Everyone Is Jealous Of 07.09.2026 40:51 ↓

In this episode Kati walks through five practical principles that create clarity, respect, and real connection with your dog — not just obedience for...

This E-collar Training Is Too Intense For My Dog 04.09.2026 35:22 ↓

Plenty of owners tell Kati their dog is “too sensitive” for e‑collar work — or that tools and negative consequences are only for stubborn or...

Do You Use Enough Contrast When Training Your Dog? 31.08.2026 42:26 ↓

In this episode Kati digs into a simple but powerful idea: contrast.

Dog Training Dirty Words: Force, Punishment, Tools, And Suppression 28.08.2026 44:08 ↓

In this unscripted, salty episode of Off Leash and Unfiltered, Kati Peppe rips into four training terms she says have been hijacked by moralizing...

How Should I Handle Off-Leash Dogs? 23.08.2026 40:43 ↓

Heads up: this episode was recorded on the go, so the audio can be a little noisy — but the content is worth it.

After A Dog Training Program—Are All These Go Home Protocols Really That Important? 14.08.2026 40:13 ↓

In this episode Kati Peppe explains why the post-program “go home” protocols we hand clients aren’t arbitrary rules—they’re insurance.

My Dog Poops 13 Times A Day And Eats It 08.07.2026 35:37 ↓

In this episode Kati walks through a striking case: a tiny rescue named Niblet who was defecating around 13 times a day and then eating the output...

Will I Confuse My Dog If I Allow A Behavior Sometimes? Not Necessarily. 26.06.2026 18:06 ↓

Kati Peppe opens this episode of Off Leash and Unfiltered from a fleeting Maine summer — she’s even headed into the Northern Maine woods soon —...

Aversive Control In Dog Training—You Don’t Have To Choose Between A Dog That Listens Or Has Fun: Live The Life Of Both/And 24.06.2026 47:39 ↓

In this episode Kati tackles the taboo topic of punishment—why aversive control shows up in so many training plans, how it gets used poorly, and how...

Consultation Files—This Dog Is Destroying My Life With Separation Anxiety 19.06.2026 55:16 ↓

This Consultation Files episode digs into a severe separation-anxiety case that had become life‑consuming for the owner: the dog panicked if left...

If My Dog Responds To ‘No’, Do I Still Need To Correct Them? 16.06.2026 40:45 ↓

Once you teach your dog what the word no means, they tend to be very responsive to the word.

Q&A-Untrainable dogs, old dogs, do ecollars create aggression, and more 12.06.2026 42:25 ↓

Here are a few that I get asked a lot. Have you ever had a dog you couldn't train?