I recently watched an awesome hour-long lecture by animal trainer Ken Ramirez that is available to view for free on YouTube. If you’re not familiar with Ken Ramirez, he’s the head trainer at the Shedd aquarium in Chicago. He’s been a professional trainer for several decades and has trained hundreds of animals and dozens of […]
Wordless Wednesday: A cute (and smart!) puppy
(Almost) Wordless Wednesday This is little Mocha, a four and a half month old Catahoula puppy. The Catahoula leopard dog is the state dog of Louisiana. Mocha has been hanging out with me recently and participating in our Lodge and Train program at Pappy’s Pet Lodge. Besides being 100% adorable, Mocha’s also one smart little puppy. […]
Dog treat review: Evanger’s wild salmon treats
I recently received a sample of Evanger’s Grain-Free Wild Salmon treats from Chewy.com. I’ve tried these out with a few different dogs and the vote is unanimous, these are some super tasty treats! These treats are “one ingredient” treats and are made from 100% dried salmon. So, they don’t contain any additional ingredients, such as […]
ORCA conference: Register now!
Early registration ends tomorrow for the 6th annual Art and Science of Animal Training Conference, which will be held March 22 in Denton, Texas. This is going to be a fantastic conference and I can’t wait for it! The conference is getting close to being sold out. So, if you’re thinking about going, I encourage […]
Wordless Wednesday: New friends (part 2)
(Almost) Wordless Wednesday Henry, my little foster dog, has been working on making new friends. Here’s a great photo I captured of Henry and Emily. Henry met Emily at the end of last week and warmed up to her pretty fast! Right before I took this photo, He jumped up into her lap to get some […]
Henry learns to lie down (video)
In addition to making new friends, Henry and I have been working on basic obedience behaviors, including sit, down, eye contact, come, go to bed (go into his crate), and more. Henry’s a fast learner and seems to enjoy the training! This past week, we started working on down. This actually was very difficult for […]