Training
Teaching ‘Drop It’ Without Chasing Your Dog Round the Garden
Chasing a dog who has something teaches them to run and swallow. Trading teaches them to bring it to you. Here is how to build a genuine drop cue.
Category: Training
Reward-based training for puppies and adult dogs, one clear step at a time.
Training
Teaching ‘Leave It’: The Cue That Can Save a Dog’s Life
A dog who will turn away from a dropped pill or a discarded kebab is a dog who is much harder to poison. Here is the eight-step progression that builds…
Training
How to Stop a Dog Jumping Up on People
Jumping up is a greeting behaviour that has been accidentally rewarded thousands of times. Here is how to replace it rather than punish it.
Training
How to Teach a Reliable Stay (The Three Ds Method)
A stay that holds when it matters is built from three separate skills, trained one at a time. Here is the progression, and the mistake that breaks almost every stay.
Training
How to Teach a Dog to Sit (And Why Most People Teach It Wrong)
Sit is the first thing everyone teaches and the first thing that falls apart. Here is how to build a sit that holds under distraction, without pushing on your dog's…
Training
Puppy Biting: Why It Happens and How to Stop It Properly
Needle teeth on your hands is normal puppy behaviour, not aggression. Here is what actually reduces it, and the common advice that makes it worse.
Training
Crate Training Without the Crying
A crate should be the place your dog chooses to nap, not somewhere they are shut. The difference is entirely in how the first fortnight goes.
Training
Loose Lead Walking: Why Your Dog Pulls and What Actually Stops It
Dogs pull because pulling works. Here is the training that fixes it, the equipment that helps, and the gear that makes things worse.
Training
How to Teach a Recall That Works When It Matters
Most dogs have a recall that works in the kitchen and fails in a field. Here is how to build one that holds up against squirrels.