We’ve all heard the pitch before. A trainer sits on a sunny patio, looks into the camera, and says, “I don’t like the word punishment. I prefer the word correction.” …
We’ve all seen it: a dog spots something massive, loud, and strange in the distance, slams on the brakes, and wants to bolt. Your first human instinct might be to …
We’ve all been there. You’re out for a walk with a dog who has successfully navigated a route hundreds of times before, when suddenly, out of nowhere, they slam on …
A young lady called me one evening, she was really upset. She adopted a 1 year old female German Shepherd pup 6 months before named Heli, she’s seen 5 or …
People don’t realize how they mirror their dogs – if you’re scared – your dog knows it from a distance and Luna is a case in point. The dog isn’t …
This is a real world example case – may not be the solution for you. But who knows. The Problem: Two dogs fighting, a kid gets accidentally bitten, and a …
We’ve all seen the alarmist takes floating around the dog training world, but a recent video by prominent trainer Robert Cabral takes the cake when it comes to misunderstanding canine …
We often throw the terms “dog training” and “behavior science” into the same bucket, treating them as interchangeable names for teaching a dog how to exist in a human world. …
If you spend five minutes in a modern dog training forum, you will inevitably hit the same tired piece of standard advice: “Don’t let your dog chase that ball, that …
If there is one word in the modern dog training lexicon that has been completely hollowed out and stripped of its functional meaning, it’s “socialization.” Ask the average pet owner …
The dog training and veterinary worlds want you to believe they are locked in an ideological war. On one side, you have the “Positive Reinforcement (PR)” or “Force-Free” movement—championed by …
If you scroll through modern dog training videos online, you will hear a lot of fancy, complicated words about “resource guarding.” Celebrity trainers love to treat it like a mysterious …
My dog Monty is has agency – the ability to think – and figure out everything on his own. He’s allowed to say no – and I will work with …
What you call Positive Reinforcement is a fraud, a blatant lie – and it is abuse of a sentient animal. The modern “force-free” dog training movement has built a massive …
Imagine the mind is like a house. Inside this house, three very different characters have to live together. Sigmund Freud called them the Id, the Ego, and the Superego. Here …
As humans, we want to fix everything. We analyze, we train, we micromanage, and we panic. But sometimes, the best thing a human can do for a shut-down, reactive, or …
Pit bulls were my number one client. Why? Personally, I love anything pitty. To me, they are incredibly easy dogs—dogs that have been needlessly complicated by a broken dog training …
Imagine you are playing a game where you never, ever win. But someone keeps telling you, “Just give me one more dollar, and next time you’ll win the big prize!” …
If you want to run a highly profitable scam, the very first thing you must do is ensure that nobody clearly defines the words they are using. If the definitions …
Dr. Lisa Radosta is the current president of the American College Of Vet Behaviorists – the fraud organization Imagine taking your car to a mechanic because the engine is making …
Every 4th of July, social media floods with advice on how to help dogs cope with the terrifying concussions of fireworks. Amidst the noise, a pervasive, defeatist narrative often emerges …
Every day, the dog training and veterinary worlds slide deeper into a profitable habit of pathologizing entirely normal canine behavior. Instead of looking at dogs as animals responding to environmental …
It happens in a single, quiet room, or on an ordinary afternoon walk. Your dog stops, freezes, and lets out a low, rumbling sound. A growl. In that exact microsecond, …
Have you ever looked at a situation—maybe a couple at school, a toxic friendship, or even someone dealing with a business professional—and wondered, “Why do they stay when they seem …
Radical behaviorism is a magnificent, razor-sharp tool for looking at the world. It strips away the romanticized lies, the marketing fluff, and the mentalistic poetry we use to hide our …