Podcast Guests: Eva and Emelie of Carpe Momentum This week we are returning to our series all about Foundations and talking about Foundations for Agility. In fact, we are hanging out with my excellent Swedish friends again, Eva and Emelie from Carpe Momentum, and the...

This week we continue our conversation about that mystical dog training unicorn: Loose Leash Walking. Loose Leash Walking is so hard because it really is the ultimate conflict between human behavior and dog behavior. For it to work, and that leash to actually STAY...

This week we are talking about a topic that I get a TON of requests for. It is hands down, the most requested behavior of all time from pet clients, and it is a topic of much debate on dog training circles. I am talking, of course, about the holy grail of dog...

 Podcast Guests: Steve White Steve White was raised with dogs, but his love of actually working with them began in 1975 when his obedience instructor introduced him to the world of K9 Search and Rescue. Steve was hooked and soon joined the US Army as a Military...

Podcast Guests: Eva and Emelie of Carpe Momentum and Agnieska Janarek of Tromplo If you follow me on social media, you may have caught a few of the impromptu facebook live sessions I was invited into with some of my geeky training friends over in Europe in the last...

Podcast Guest: Peter Amelia Peter Amelia is from Seattle and started working with birds over 15 years ago. Peter’s goal is to improve animal welfare by creating choice and encouraging voluntary participation from learners in as many situations as possible. They began...

Podcast Guests: Bobbie Lyons Bobbie Lyons is a Karen Pryor Certified Training Partner and has been teaching Fitness for 15 years. She was an agility competitor for many years and now dabbles in Flyball, Dock Diving, and Obedience. She has a wealth of knowledge...

Podcast Guests: Emelie Johnson Vegh Emelie Johnson Vegh began riding at a young age, but in 1989 she was introduced to the world of dogs and dog sports. Emelie had the wonderful opportunity to borrow a Labrador called Kicki, and with her, she embarked on her journey...

Podcast Guests: Lena Gunnarson and Elsa Blomster Elsa Blomster is a Swedish dog trainer, instructor, and author of the book “Retrieving for all Occasions”. She has one Golden Retriever and one Labrador Retriever and she trains and has competed in working tests, field...

Alliston Reid received his Ph.D. from Duke University in 1981 under the supervision of Dr. John Staddon. After 15 years of teaching and research at Duke University, the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (in Mexico City), and Eastern Oregon...

In this episode, I go over some tips to apply to your training so that you can successfully build distance into your behaviors.1. Use pre-measured visual markers2. Decide on specific criteria for success3. Keep good recordsAnd for that last one,...

Lori Stevens (CPDT-KA, SAMP, CCFT, CPBC) joined the Clicker Expo faculty in 2019. She is also a Certified Professional Dog Trainer, a certified Small Animal Massage Practitioner, a Senior Tellington TTouch Practitioner, a Certified Canine...

When I began training my first dog for obedience competition, I wanted to play the game but train using positive reinforcement. I quickly discovered that traditional methods weren’t for me. Clicker trainers like me look at the problem completely...

This week we are hanging out with Chirag Patel who runs Domesticated Manners in London, UK. He consults on the ethical and science-based practice of behavior management and training for animals housed in domestic, zoo, and laboratory...

A few weeks ago when I did an episode with Sarah Stremming on her podcast, CogDogRadio, we talked about how important it is for positive reinforcement trainers to put their training out there, on the internet, where the public can see. We have...

This week we are doing a grab bag Q&A session on the podcast. The answers are coming from yours truly, but the questions are coming from YOU! Well, they are if you're an Instagram follower of mine.Recently, I asked my Insta audience to...

This week I am hanging out with returning guest, Emelie Johnson Vegh (one half of Carpe Momentum). It turns out that Emelie and I both have puppies at the same time! How exciting! In this episode, we talk about how it's going with our puppies,...

This week I want to share a couple of counterintuitive solutions to training problems you may have encountered. First, let’s talk about what I mean by counterintuitive.When we say something seems counterintuitive, we usually mean that on the...