No Door Dashing!

No Door Dashing!

The World outside is a great and amazing place and when you’re just a dog, it can be so hard to contain your excitement when the humans opens the door to the great, wonderful outside. Good manners by the door is one of the most important things you can ever...
Life without crating

Life without crating

Why I choose not to crate Over the past few years, I have observed, especially on social media, a growing trend of crating dogs in daily life. The most common recommendations are for puppies, and it appears that raising puppies without crates is impossible these days....
What the bark?

What the bark?

Reflecting on the number of barking questions asked by frustrated dog guardians, I’ve decided to share Akira’s story. When I began implementing this method, Akira was 1.5 years old, and had some reactivity issues – we’re working on those and it has improved heaps, but...
Invisible Boundaries

Invisible Boundaries

Ever wished your dog would just stay out of the kitchen? Maybe the nursery? Or just not dash the gate when you leave your yard without him? Invisible boundaries is what you’re looking for. But before we start, I’d like to give a safety warning, because...
Cue The Chase

Cue The Chase

The first rule of recalling a dog is to never call them when there are distractions around because it will lower the chance of a successful recall to almost zero. So what do we do, when our terrier dashes off to the sound of a critter in the bush? Can we even do...