Consider the Dog Podcast

We welcome Canada-based trainer Evan Doggett to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Evan answers real-world training questions around crate anxiety, separation-related behaviors, and effective strategies for redirecting leash-reactive dogs in challenging situations. He also dives into canine nutrition, including gut health, combining raw feeding with kibble, supporting healthy weight gain, and thou...

We welcome our host Tyler Muto to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Tyler answers real-world training questions around transitioning from long line work to e-collar training, handling hyper-vocal dogs, and building reliable responses in unexpected real-world situations. He also dives into managing multi-dog resource guarding, strengthening communication through thoughtful training progression, an...

We welcome California-based trainer Forrest Micke to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Forrest answers real-world training questions around the relationship between socialization, dog daycare, and the rise of overexcitement and leash reactivity in dogs. He also dives into building better engagement through tug play, helping puppies learn to bring toys back, and creating more interactive, rewardin...

We welcome Utah-based trainer Brian Agnew to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Brian answers real-world training questions around working with dogs that are both blind and deaf, setting realistic expectations, and building communication through tactile cues, leash pressure, and other training strategies. He also dives into resource guarding, including key differences between guarding from humans...

We welcome Canada-based trainer Evan Doggett to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Evan answers real-world training questions around dog nutrition, supplement recommendations, and the role gut health plays in behavior and overall wellness. He also dives into everyday foods that can improve a dog’s health, fermented foods and mushroom supplementation, plus strategies for handling leash reactivity,...

We welcome our host Tyler Muto to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Tyler answers real-world training questions around dogs reacting to TV stimuli and struggling with fixation even after structured reactivity work, plus troubleshooting engagement and positioning on walks using Walking Behind concepts. He also dives into handling submissive urination and unusual post-behavior patterns, working wit...

We welcome Canada-based trainer Sarah Dixon to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Sarah answers real-world training questions around resource guarding during play, especially when toys trigger pushy or controlling behavior with other dogs. She also dives into breaking fixation on walks, helping dogs navigate stranger anxiety in public settings, and managing behaviors like whining in the car to cre...

We welcome California-based trainer Cheri Wulff Lucas to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Cheri answers real-world training questions around off-leash dogs that ignore recall and struggle with overexcitement around other dogs, even with e-collar conditioning. She also dives into handling growling in the home during everyday routines, and how to address crate anxiety and persistent barking to bui...

We welcome Utah-based trainer Brian Agnew to the Consider The Dog stage! Today, Brian answers real-world training questions around building recall with dogs that lack food and toy motivation, and what to do when engagement completely falls apart in stimulating environments. He also dives into the truth behind air biting vs real biting, managing predatory behavior around children without increasing...

We welcome Canada-based trainer Evan Doggett to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Evan answers real-world training questions around the divide in the dog training industry, using the e-collar with leash reactive dogs, and addressing dangerous behaviors like car chasing. He also dives into preventing fence jumping while maintaining healthy socialization, and how to create clear, consistent communi...

We welcome Utah-based Trainer Brian Agnew to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Brian answers real-world training questions around over-socialized puppies who struggle with engagement, managing zoomies and leash biting in open environments, and addressing destructive habits like sock eating. He also dives into handling over-arousal around other dogs, improving recall and responsiveness on the long...

We welcome our host Tyler Muto to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Tyler answers real-world training questions around e-collar recall during high-arousal play, troubleshooting pressure and freeze responses, and how to call dogs off other dogs without creating conflict. He also dives into building trust with new client dogs, helping suspicious adolescents handle vet visits, managing arousal aroun...

We welcome Minnesota-based trainer Sarah Brueske to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Sarah joins Tyler to answer real-world training questions from dog owners and professionals. Topics include Managing Multi-Dog Homes, Reliable Outs, Possession Battles, and more! Learn more on ConsiderTheDog.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/considerthedog/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/consider_the_...

We welcome Utah-based trainer Brian Agnew to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Brian joins Tyler to answer real-world training questions from dog owners and professionals. The discussion includes a case study on household conflict and reactivity, strategies for managing over-excitement during dog introductions, de-escalating confrontational behavior in young working breeds, and creative ways to u...

We welcome our host Tyler Muto to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Tyler answers real-world training questions around the dog–owner relationship, including how human personality impacts behavior and when assertiveness or justified pressure is appropriate in training. He also covers handling leash reactivity, choosing the right tools for highly reactive dogs, managing resource guarding tied to en...

We welcome California-based trainer Forrest Micke to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Forrest joins Tyler to answer real-world training questions from dog owners and professionals. Topics include playing tug safely with large dogs, helping dogs remain calm and quiet in their crate during class, and what it really means when reinforcement is described as “a process, not an event.” Learn more on C...

We welcome Canada-based trainer Evan Doggett to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Evan joins Tyler to answer real-world training questions from dog owners and professionals. Topics include managing high startle responses and attention-seeking barking without aversive tools, reading play vs. potential aggression in COVID-raised dogs, and when head halters or nutritional supplements may be appropri...

We welcome NYC/Florida based trainer Blake Rodriguez to the Consider the Dog stage! Today, Tyler and Blake talk about intra-household dog aggression (aggression between two dogs that live together), Blake shares tips about working with dogs who get aggressive during grooming, how to reduce excessive whining, and Tyler's personal favorite part of the conversation - a discussion about situation...

Let's GO! This is Episode 23 of the Consider the Dog Podcast. Tyler's guest today is Dog Trainer Sarah Dixon who hails from Canada. In this episode they answer questions from our members on a variety of topics ranging from stranger danger, to resource guarding, to dogs fighting within a home, and even a dog who has a phobia of garbage trucks... which is a great conversation point. Check...

Our guest today is Forrest Micke, bringing his background of sport and performance training knowledge into the mix. ALERT! This is a bit more of an “advanced” episode, so definitely a good one for those real dog-nerds out there. Tyler and Forrest have an in depth discussion of the when and why of using negative reinforcement versus punishment--particularly in the context of working with reactivity...

In this episode, Tyler is flying solo, answering training and behavior questions from our Consider the Dog members. He shares some of his favorite tips for teaching the out, or drop command in an efficient way to his client's dogs, discusses the role that hormones play in socialization, what to do and not do after your dogs get into a fight, strategies for dealing with aggression toward guest...

Today is Episode 20 and Cheri Lucas joins us from California in what turned out to be a really fascinating discussion. Cheri goes into tremendous detail about her philosophy on using food in training, the role food plays, and her rituals for feeding time. Tyler and Cheri also discuss highly aroused dogs and when, how or why you may or may not want to use praise to help calm them. They get into a d...

Sarah Dixon and Tyler Muto field questions from our Consider the Dog members covering some pretty interesting topics... For instance - they talk to a member who is working with a very volatile dog, herding mix, who is throwing tantrums any time any type of pressure is applied. They also share some pro-tips with  a member who has a dog who keeps sneaking things off the counter, but only when they a...

Oh boy... Forrest Micke is back! And he's dropping knowledge alongside Tyler Muto! Things covered in this episode include tips for teaching high drive working dogs to slow down and be more thoughtful in their training, the difference between resource guarding, and a dog protecting their owner - or is there a difference at all? And tips for preparing dogs for sport trials... and more. Learn mo...

Brian Agnew joins us and gives a ton of actionable advice that you can use. Just a few of the topics we cover include: Why some trainers like to use the work ‘no’ when a dog makes a mistake in obedience and other trainers do not, How Brian transitions reactive dogs from working in a large open area on a long line to a more urban setting and a shorter leash, how to teach dogs to not steal each othe...