Are You a Compliant Animal Training Client?

Are you a compliant animal training client? Let’s hope so because if you aren’t, the truth is that you are driving your animal trainer crazy! I guess we should consider it job security but when you take pride in your work, the reward isn’t just the money you receive in exchange for those services, it [...]

Trailer Loading (Clicker Training Video)

One of my regular comment participants here is Mary. She filmed this horse training loading video on the second day of training. Training an animal to load can be a nightmare for a variety of reasons. The key is to create a positive association and to communicate clearly. I’d be interested in seeing how the [...]

How do you know if you pet enjoys training?

One of the things that still amazes me is how people fail to understand what animals are communicating. When I conducted group dog training classes for the area’s park district, dogs were always happy and excited to come to school. However, when I started teaching up here I got a lot of flack. Why? Because [...]