The Modern Dog Trainer Blog
What’s Happening The Other 23 Hours Of The Day?
Rehearsal Is The Key To Success The way to success in becoming a star athlete or a master criminal is achieved in the same way. The more a skill or behavior is rehearsed the better and more natural it becomes. So often dog parents may come to you wanting to change a...
Guest Post: False Bravado!
Dominance False Bravado! If you work with dog owners or cruise the dog behavior groups on Facebook you will often see dogs that are labeled ‘dominant’. I hear this most often in client homes where they have multiple dogs and have categorized one as the dominant or...
3 Approaches to Teaching Loose Leash Walking
Loose leash walking. *insert ominous music* Sometimes teaching loose leash walking to clients can feel like the bane of every dog trainer's existence. It's not that the skills needed are difficult. No, it's the consistency and patience that are required that can...
Top 10 Dog Training Conferences for 2015
The Ultimate Dog Training Conference Wish List Are you required to obtain continuing education credits to maintain a certification? Do you simply enjoy learning new things about dogs? Do you have a wicked sense of adventure? Here are the Best Dog Training Conferences...
5 Uses For Crates During Training
Many clients are averse to the idea of crating their dogs. Being able to explain to them how crating can help their dog's training progress may open them up to the concept. Housetraining Crating can be of immense benefit when it comes to housetraining a dog,...
10 Behaviors To Train With Targeting
10 Behaviors You Can Teach With Targeting One of the first behaviors we recommend teaching every client a nose target. There are many behaviors you can teach with a nose target, and even more you can teach with general targeting. We also believe it is a good behavior...