The Modern Dog Trainer Blog
5 Reasons Why Dogs Should Attend Doggy Day Care
Why Doggy Day Care Is A Good Idea It seems like a great solution to many trainers to recommend doggy day care to the average client. Many dogs lack stimulation, sufficient outlets for their energy, or opportunities to socialize with other dogs. Here are five reasons...
Writing A Dog Training Book With Sue Brown
An Interview With Sue Brown On Writing A Dog Training Book Writing a book about dog training can help you to establish yourself as an industry authority in your community and beyond. But what does it take to write a book? We asked Sue Brown, an accomplished dog...
Lessons From A Weekend With Ken Ramirez
A Weekend With Internationally Recognized Animal Trainer, Ken Ramirez Ken Ramirez has been in the animal training/behavior world for over 35 years. He has worked with guide dogs, law enforcement K-9s, zoo animals, and marine animals. He has worked at Chicago's Shedd...
3 Ways To Reduce A Dog’s Stress During Training
Reducing Stress In Dog Training The very nature of training can be stressful to a dog. Not all stress is bad. However, when a dog has many different stress-inducing factors piled on top of each other, this can become overwhelming and cause the dog to act out or shut...
Interacting Professionally With “Traditional” Trainers
Interacting Professionally Online and In-Person With A Variety Of Dog Trainers Traditional trainers (those who introduce physical corrections into their training of some sort) are as passionate about their training methods as force-free trainers are about their...
Preventing Bribery: How To Get Treats Out Of Your Client’s Hands
How To Prevent Bribery In Dog Training In the dog training world, there seems to be two big groups of clients. On one side, there are clients who are incredibly stingy and hoard treats like they are gold, and on the other side, there are clients who never let a treat...