What I Do

In a previous post I talked about why I do what I do. So here is what I do. Or maybe more like how I do what I do. Positive. Force-free. Reward based. That's it. No prong collars, shock collars, or choke chain's. No hitting, pinching, shoving, kicking or smacking. I just don't. Why not? Because no dog learns that way. What they learn from that is fear, mistrust, confusion and eventually learned helplessness.

You never hear me say words like: dominance, alpha, submit, pack leader, balanced, stubborn. They are not in my vocabulary.

What I do is build relationships between people and their dogs using positive, force-free, reward based methods. Science has proved many times that this is the best way for dogs to learn. And people too for that matter. It's my passion, my life's goal to bring this way of training, this way of thinking, this way of communicating with your dog to as many folks as possible.

Sometimes I feel like I'm not getting through. Like the force trainers are winning. And that's very sad for dogs. Indeed.

My dogs and I have an awesome relationship. They respect me but do not fear me. I have never used a prong, shock, or choke chain on them, never hit or smacked them. I teach them. They learn. It's just really not that hard. And that's what I want you all to experience with your dog. I want to teach you a better way.

So my goal in the new year is to get as many of you as I can on board with a better way to train your dog. Because I won't be around forever. One day in the not so distant future I'm going to retire. And you all will carry on my positive, force-free, reward based training on into the future.