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April Schrader, CPDT-KA

A Dog Trainer's Guide to Adopting a Rescue Dog

Rescue dogs need our help! Shelters are struggling with an overwhelming number of dogs, reaching full capacity, and the fate of these...

Edited by Ken Ramirez

Empower Your Puppy Through Choice

I believe it's important to empower animals to make choices. The road to empowerment starts with using choice-rich techniques such as...

Jeffrey Causby, ABCDT

How To Stop Your Dog From Jumping

#1) The first thing you need to do is start ignoring the dog and stop speaking to the dog when they do jump. This is only teaching the...

Jeffrey Causby, ABCDT

Should You Allow Your Dog On The Furniture?

It depends.... Are you able to get your dog off of the furniture without yelling, pulling, yanking, or physically removing them from the...

Jeffrey Causby, ABCDT

Riding the crate train!

I hear it all the time, people tell me "I would never use a crate, that is cruel" But, wouldn't it be cruel to leave an animal that...

Jeffrey Causby, ABCDT

Grooming

Does your dog cringe at the sight of nail clippers? Dog training has taught me a lot about caring for a dog. It is your duty to keep your...

Jeff Causby, ABCDT.

Do you have your dog's attention?

Tips on how to get your dog's attention through positive training.

Jeff Causby, ABCDT

Throw that dog's food bowl away

Feeding your dog out of a bowl is a wasted training opportunity. It is also very boring for the dog, think about it…. Before dogs were...

Jeffrey Causby, ABCDT

Prepare To Train Or Prepare To Fail.

Preparing for a training sessions is more important than the actual training session itself. That's because if you don't prepare THE...