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Building Your Dog's Confidence Through Sniffing
Discover how sniffing can boost your dog’s confidence and reduce anxiety.
Casey Morrison
Feb 174 min read
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Consistency Made Easy: How to Make Dog Training a Daily Habit
Discover 5 easy, practical tips to make training a consistent and rewarding part of your day—for both you and your dog!
Louise Belmont
Jan 275 min read
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How to Determine if Your Dog Needs Training
Discover when dog training is truly necessary and how to balance behavior management with your dog's well-being.
Louise Belmont
Jan 204 min read
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Dog Walking Skills Part Two: The U-Turn
Learn how to teach your dog the Emergency U-Turn, a vital skill for navigating stressful situations on walks
Jake Belmont
Nov 4, 20243 min read
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How to Manage Leash Reactivity on Walks
Navigating the world with a reactive dog can be difficult and stressful. Today we’re talking about ways you can safely navigate the world
Louise Belmont
Oct 20, 20243 min read
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How to Deal with Reactivity in Multi-Dog Households
Struggling with reactive dogs in a multi-dog household? Learn 5 practical tips to manage reactivity, reduce stress, and create harmony
Louise Belmont
Sep 30, 20244 min read
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10 Signs Your Dog Might Be Reactive and How to Spot Them
Dog reactivity is a hot term these days. Reactivity is such a broad category of behavior it can be hard to know if your dog is a “reactive d
Jake & Louise
Sep 8, 20243 min read
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Reactive Dog Vacation: Management and Prevention
We start by identifying a management and prevention strategy. By managing your dog or your dog's access to their environment, we prevent th
Jake & Louise
Nov 6, 20233 min read
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Shame and Blame. An Open Letter to Reactive Dog Owners.
Hey you! Yes you, the reactive dog owner who is trying to balance everything. I see you and I know your struggle. You are trying your...
Jake & Louise
Mar 22, 20214 min read
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Reactive Dogs 101, How to get started training your reactive dog.
Training a reactive dog is a journey like no other. Dogs who bark, lunge, and even growl at people or other dogs, require a lot from...
Jake & Louise
Mar 8, 20215 min read
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No Pull Harnesses, are they a magic solution for pulling dogs?
I know we would all love to believe that there are magic tools out there that we can just buy, and they will solve all our dog training...
Dog Gear Review
Feb 22, 20215 min read
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Reactive Dog Training Top Tools
Reactive dog training can be difficult. It is hard to know what to do, how to do it, and if you are even doing it right. On top of that...
Jake & Louise
Feb 8, 20214 min read
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Dog Training for the Real World
Something that we hear often is that someone's dog will listen really well in a training class or when the trainer is there with the dog....
Jake & Louise
Jan 11, 20215 min read
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My Journey With a Reactive Dog: Part Two.
Living with a reactive dog, a dog like Manzo, is so incredibly challenging. You have such high hopes bringing home a new dog. You think,...
Jake & Louise
Dec 14, 20208 min read
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My Journey With a Reactive Dog: Part One
I didn’t know I wanted Manzo. I only knew I wanted a little red puppy. Yes, I know I know. I picked my first puppy out all wrong. I...
Jake & Louise
Nov 2, 20207 min read
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What To Do When Your Reactive Dog, Reacts.
I want to start this out by saying no one is perfect, not even me! We can do our absolute best with our dogs and things can sometimes go...
Jake & Louise
Sep 21, 20206 min read
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How to Calm a Stressed Dog.
We all know what stress is, we feel it in some way most days. Did you know that stress can have very negative impacts on your dog as...
Jake & Louise
Aug 24, 20204 min read
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Dog Walking Etiquette
We all enjoy walking our dogs. There are so many ways to enjoy your time outside with your dog and they are all great!
Jake & Louise
Jul 27, 20204 min read
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Why Reactive Dogs Do Better Without Their Owners.
“Why does my reactive dog behave better when being handled by someone else?” We get this question often! This very thing sparks fear and...
Jake & Louise
Jun 29, 20203 min read
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Why Are Dogs So Stubborn?
If you’ve ever owned a dog then I am willing to bet good money that at one point or another you have referred to them as being stubborn.
Jake & Louise
Jun 1, 20204 min read
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