by Neil | Aug 16, 2007 | Blog Carnival
I'm in Manhattan, taking in the sights and smells (and observing people with their city dogs) with the family. Since I'm supposed to be on "vacation", I thought I'd give you the link to the following blog carnival, where my article on playing tug-of-war with your dog...
by Neil | Aug 13, 2007 | Fundamentals
Sometimes it feels as if there is an overwhelming amount to learn about our dogs. We'll be getting more and more in depth as this blog continues, but I wanted to take a moment and distill some of my thoughts about what is absolutely ESSENTIAL information for people...
by Neil | Aug 9, 2007 | Change Your Perspective
With all of the modern emphasis on the pack instinct in dogs, and most training methods or models of dog behavior so "pack" focused, one of the many things that it seems every dog owner considers is whether or not to get another dog to expand the pack. Most of the...
by Neil | Aug 8, 2007 | Fundamentals
One of the most common questions I'm asked as a dog trainer is "how do I control my dog when they're off leash?" Well, if you're ASKING the question you should know that the answer is obvious - you can't! At least you won't be able to until you've done a lot more...
by Neil | Aug 6, 2007 | Fundamentals
We've talked about how our dogs are primarily responding to the emotional energy in the world around them. We've also addressed how a dog needs to be relaxed in order to deal with this energy in a healthy manner (by letting it flow through them), since a physically...
