The Modern Dog Trainer Blog
Car Safety For Dogs
With winter coming upon us, it is more important than ever to encourage your clients to evaluate how their dogs ride in the car. Many of our clients are perfectly content to allow their pooch to roam freely around the car, or even sit in the driver's lap or on the...
Day Three Summary At The Pet Professional Guild Summit
The final day at any conference always has a little bit of a different feel to it; people are ready to go home to their families and pets, eager to put into practice all they have learned, but they are sad to be leaving their friends and colleagues. The 2015 Pet...
Day Two Summary At The Pet Professional Guild Summit
With no keynote speaker on Day #2, we were able to listen to our choice of presentations for every session. There were five different choices in every time slot. I started my day with Janis Bradley and her presentation, “That’s the Lab in Him. Breed Bias, a...
Day One Summary At The Pet Professional Guild Summit
Day one was rich with information! The Summit opened with PPG President Niki Tudge sharing her vision for the future and thanking those who have helped get both Pet Professional Guild and the Summit itself to this point. “Let the results of force-free training and pet...
Reflections On The APDT 2015 Conference
As a first time attendee of the 2015 APDT Annual Educational Conference & Trade Show, I was known as a "Conference Puppy" and I was thrilled to bits to travel all the way from Barbados to Dallas, Texas, USA to gain knowledge about dog training, behaviour and the...
How To Hold Semi-Private Lessons
Semi-private lessons are my new favorite type of service. They cover a number of client "problem" areas that we don't always get the opportunity to address through private instruction or group classes. Image via Kat Camplin What Is A Semi-Private Lesson Technically,...