Training outdoors around distractions can often lead to statements like: “He only does what I ask when he wants to. It’s really hit or miss.” “She hears me

In my years working in the zoological world, I have introduced aggressive animals to one another frequently. We moved animals from one zoo to another for breeding purposes,

Maremma Sheepdogs As 2017 came to a close, I acquired a two-year-old female Maremma sheepdog named Tulip. The Maremma is a livestock-guarding dog, often referred to as an

A Mysterious Change in Behavior A few years ago, a search-and-rescue trainer named Sharon asked me to help problem-solve a perplexing case. Her dog, an energetic five-year-old Lab

After receiving the book Don’t Shoot the Dog, I was itching to try clicker training—but failed to get my cocker spaniel Anna to accept a clicker, even muffled.