Lift Your Leg - the art of training a dog

I want us to redefine categories of dog trainers from Force Free and Balanced to Leave the Essence in and Take the Essence Out. Hear our thoughts...

Creep is a fearful dog lacking trust, and life experiences. Retraining him has been a whole lot of fun. I've been videoing his progress and in this episode we discuss questions asked, what the videos miss, and other such things. Join Hayley and I as we iron things out.

This episode is dedicated to Pico, the Border Collie. It's all the things you need to be aware of training a clever and sensitive dog. This podcast applies to all herding breeds, and sensitive dogs, and weirdos, including reactive dogs. Happy Training Folks.

We discuss the trend of trainers being uncommitted to their clients - the easier and friendlier road that fails the client. We also get into the politics of today, and other topics.

It's not about engagement games, food rewards, toys or corrections. Training dogs is about relationships, and what makes us fresh, alive and relevant to our dogs. We discuss Monique's last seminar in Abbotsford and TNT Kennels, hosted by Janice Gunn. It was such a fun weekend, with a consistent thread seen in many of the dogs there.

While this podcast is interviewing Alison who just succeeded in the ring with her Tibetan Spaniel Vinnie, it is about finding out how she learned to get out of her own way to have this success. This podcast applies to all with reactive dogs who are struggling with the same. This turned out to be a deep discussion about the process of growth.

We talked about Mika with a C, which led to inhouse fighting, dog communication, balanced training and an over reliance on tools, the value of relationship, and so much more.

Kathy Keats shows why she is a 2 x world champion in this conversation. Her kindness and wisdom shine through this 90 minute conversation on everything dog. We discuss all of the key topics in raising a nice puppy to live with, to getting a top competitive dog. If you do not already listen to Kathy's postcast, you must. It is brilliant. She can be found at https://www.kathykeats.com or where e...

What you need to know when you decide to add a new dog or puppy to your house. We discuss breeders, rescues, and ways to acquire a good dog that you can afford. We discuss genetic testing, and how to find out what tests need to be done for your breed. Please share with your friends.

How do you train dogs? The same as I fix my friends. Here is an interview with my friend. She has had a crappy year with the universe repeatedly beating her down. After a particularly bad day, where her palid skin hung off her face, I asked her if I could give her a nutritional intervention. She agreed and this pretty much into a human version of a board and train. Here she speaks of her experienc...

Derek was so fun and easy to talk to, that we did it again. No topic, except for dogs. We discuss raising young dogs, puppies, feel and timing, reactivity, basic obedience, intuition, sheep, competition, getting your mental game on, etc Hope you enjoy. Please share with your friends, and like us on spotify, or whoever hosts your podcasts.

I get to talk with the charming and engaging Derek about Sheep Dogging,. This interview has lessons for every competitor regardless of sport, and maybe even all dog owners. He discusses keeping his mind sound for competing, how to deal with and overcome adversity, and shares his brilliance. I hope you enjoy listening to Derek as much as I did talking to him. Heidi Reeder - commit to win https://ww...

Hayley Hais from The Chewed Slipper in Nanaimo interviewed me on my business, dogs, training, and life. The time went very fast - thankyou Hayley

We just completed BootCamp which is 4 days of retraining reactive dogs. Maria, from Two Peaks Pet Services joined me to discuss what she saw and learned.

I did my second shadow program, and asked two of the ladies to share their experience.

We discuss the dogs I am training this week, and what makes one so incredibly trainable, and the other, well, not? Is it being spoilt, wrecked by positive reinforcement training not done quite right, the lack of following, or is she abnormal? And what made the other so easy to train? Find out as we start to work it out.

If you only ever use the same tools on every dog, you are not balanced. We talk through three dogs, and how they were trained, all with no corrections because that wasn't what they needed.

Jill and I are both considering adding a puppy to our families. This is our thought processes, what we are looking for in a puppy, the health testing we need to see done etc. Enjoy! If you like our podcast please give us a five star rating to help us get found by other listeners. Thankyou

A reactive dog discussion.

We had a fun repeat conversation on presence - something that every reactive dog owner needs to master. Please share it and follow us

Forgive our laughter - we do discuss latchkey dogs and the benefits of staying home, and the changes we have seen in dogs now that this happens so much less.

I interview the ladies from The Calm Dog Studio in Victoria, BC about their business. We discuss what they’ve done right, what they’ve done wrong, and they give wisdom to any young upstart groomers. I hope these conversations will help entrepreneurs with running their own businesses.

Sometimes to free a dog up, or to make them be the best that they can be, we need to allow some badness. Again we talk about the video Marcelle the Shell. If you haven’t yet watched it, you should.

This is such an important topic that inevitably novices get wrong. Jill and I discuss it in detail, including the fall out if you go too soon. Enjoy. As always, if you like us please follow us and give us a review

How do other businesses come up with their unique ideas and create successful businesses? This week I talk to Hayley Hais, find out what she does, and how she pulled it off, I hope young entrepreneurs find her story inspiring.