5 Surefire Ways to Have a Happier Life with Your Dog

If you’re like most of us, you have a dog because you love the companionship, the opportunities for fun, and the challenges of mastering a dog-centric activity and of getting to be a better person. Things don’t always go as planned. We can have challenges and struggles along the way that seem to drain our […]

Dirty Secrets Revealed: Confessions of a Professional Dog Trainer

Sue at 5 weeks old.

Or: How I (almost) Wrecked My Dogs… There’s one thing that I’ve learned from all of my years of living with and training dogs that stands head and shoulders above the rest: If you don’t have a good sense of humor, you might as well just throw in the towel and live a boring and […]

1100 Miles Home: Lessons from Herding Trials

Learning from Experience. Why is it that we can’t just “download” the instruction manual that was built from the blood, sweat and tears of those who have learned before us? Sigh. It’s just the way of the world, I guess. Sometimes learning comes from that ‘first hand, landing in the middle of stuff’ experience. Other […]