Why Managing Absences is So Important for Your Separation Anxiety Dog
In separation anxiety training, we trainers talk a lot about management, or managing absences. What does this mean for people who have dogs suffering from separation anxiety or isolation distress, and why is it so important? Let’s dig in! What is Management? In the dog training world, management means setting up your dog’s environment in […]
We Need Self Care Too
By: Valarie Ross, CBDC, CPDT-KA CONTENT WARNING: Mental Health Struggles, Suicidal Ideation, Dog Bites, Child Abuse Dog people, hell all animal people, talk a lot about what we need to do to make the lives of the animals we share our lives with better. We talk about husbandry, quality of food, veterinary services, training, enrichment, […]
Tools You Can Use: A Roundup Of My Favorite Canine Enrichment Activities
Canine enrichment is a hot topic right now! We hear a lot about enrichment for zoo animals, but what about our dogs? What are the favorites? We’ll see! We’ve been going over my favorite training tools and management tools. Both things required to help change a dog’s problematic behavior. Today we’re going to discuss some […]