by Neil | Aug 29, 2007 | Change Your Perspective
In my life as a dog trainer, I'm often asked how long it will take for a dog to be "trained". There is, of course, the practical aspect to this question - dog owners wondering how many lessons they'll be signing up for, which is especially important to them since I...
by Neil | Aug 27, 2007 | Play Training
One of the best games (other than tug of war) that you can play with your dog is hide and seek. Playing hide and seek (as I'm about to describe it) will increase your dog's attraction to you, engaging their prey instinct, and it will go a long way towards...
by Neil | Aug 24, 2007 | Blog Carnival
Over the past week I've given you some lengthy posts about the technique of pushing with your dog, both the how and the why. In the interest of not totally overwhelming you with information (and yet still wanting to post), I've decided to post a call for submissions...
by Neil | Aug 22, 2007 | Fundamentals
In our last post, we discussed "pushing", which is one of the fundamental techniques of natural dog training. I described in detail HOW to push, taking you step-by-step through a very gradual process of introducing yourself, and your dog, to the technique. The goal...
by Neil | Aug 20, 2007 | Fundamentals
One of the fundamentals of natural dog training technique is a style of food work that we call "pushing". By now, if you've read the other dog training articles (and please do, since they've been leading up to this moment), you understand that our goal with our dogs...
