Monthly Archives: October 2019

Hudson is an amazing 5 month old Goldendoodle. His family is ROCKING their work together. His Mom regularly takes him to The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, to visit his human in college. In our recent session together, we resolved a couple of issues. He has started to jump on furniture, and then bark at […]

Jack is one of our personal dogs. Nope, my dogs are not perfect. Jack came to us with some pretty high anxieties. We manage his anxieties with the help of prescription medication, and a ton of ongoing training. When we have light to medium thunderstorms, I walk Jack in the rain. Sometimes, like this past […]

Gizmo, the chaperone

Earlier this year, we worked with Gizmo and his Mom on several things. Crate training, incessant barking, anxiety and being comfortable around men. His Mom was single at the time, so his exposure to men in general was pretty low. Several months have passed, and his Mom has found love. They moved in together and […]

Our Vito is now a little over 6 months old. He’s officially an adolescent and has started to test his boundaries. He has been an independent puppy from day 1 and loves to explore. Exploration is part of being a dog. Over the next couple of days, we are going to be remote collar conditioning […]

Sweet little Ruby is a 10 week old Golden Retriever. We saw Ruby and her family the day after they brought her home 2 weeks ago, so we could help them get on track for crate training, house training and focus with her new family. In our session this past week, we addressed mouthiness and […]

Po says…”Until I’m trustworthy in the house, my Mom and Dad always have me under their watchful eye…and on a leash. I’m too young to ‘wing it’. I’m like a 3 year old toddler, running around looking for mischief. At 10 weeks old, I’m not even 100% house trained yet.”

Meet Grace. She’s a 5(ish) year old collie mix. Grace was adopted 3 years ago. When her Mom and I spoke on the phone initially about Grace a couple weeks ago, she was teary describing Grace’s behaviors. Grace has an abundance of anxieties. Thunderstorm anxiety, separation anxiety and containment phobia are at the top of […]

Last year, when Gus was a puppy, we made amazing progress with crate training and house manners. At the time, his Dad had to lay his clothes in the office the night before, and sneak out of his room in the morning to get dressed. If Dad made any noise, Gus would start barking and […]

Number 1 dude Andy, wants to give you a few Halloween tips to keep your dog safe! – Exercise your dog earlier in the day. Engage with your dog through walking, a game of fetch and/or roll through some tricks and training to tire out your dog mentally. – Keep the candy, especially chocolate away […]

Sweet Lyla is an 18 weeks old Golden Retriever. She started training with us last month. In our follow up session this week, we cleaned up her walking skills with her Mom and focused on resolving some of the mouthiness she’s exhibiting. Additionally, within the last few days, she began disagreeing with her crate training. […]