Whether you're preparing food for yourself or preparing your dog's food, keeping your dog at a distance is a very healthy way to go about either of the food preparations. Nobody wants a dog climbing all over them, whining, barking, growling, jumping, or even taking the food you are preparing. Instead, I like to teach my dogs to stay at a distance on something stationary with an obvious boundary like a dog bed. This is often called the "place command" in the dog world. I suggest teaching your dog

An enormous issue in the dog world is people getting dogs who practice and nurture tons of excitement/arousal with the dog while NOT practicing impulse control and calmness.⁣ ⁣ This leads to a dog who lives in a baseline state of arousal, which increases as the human continues to nurture arousal with no rules, boundaries, or limitations.⁣ ⁣ Eventually, you have a dog who is regularly aroused, easily triggered to be aroused, who lacks impulse control and can not calm down.⁣ ⁣ These are most of my

Compatability is one of the most important and most overlooked things when it comes to selecting the right dog for you and your lifestyle. I often talk about the energy of the individual dog as being critically important when finding a dog who is compatible with your individual energy as a human. That doesn't mean that breed doesn't matter. It absolutely matters as well. I see WAY too many people bring working breeds into their hokes who just do not understand the physical and psychological need

Generational Leadership Styles