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Dogmantics Dog Training Professional Dog Trainer This page is where you will find the tips, tutorials and dog training insights from world renowned dog trainer Emily Larlham.

Emily Larlham runs the dog training business Dogmantics Dog Training in San Diego, California. She is known around the world for her popular Youtube Channel ‘Kikopup’ where she has posted over 200 free in-depth dog training tutorials. She believes that by putting out free training tutorials that don’t involve any forms of physical or psychological intimidation, it will not only effect how people t

reat animals but also how people treat other human beings. Emily began her training career as an animal care-giver in a shelter about 12 years ago where she met her dog training mentor Kyle Rayon. After many years study, learning from both human and animal mentors, she began her own business. She combines her artistic background and training skills to invent creative, fast and reliable ways to solve problem behaviors as well as train complex behaviors and tricks. Emily has been invited to conduct seminars on her techniques for training dogs without intimidation in North and South America, Europe, Africa, Australia and Asia.

Yesterday was a very special day with two of my best friends in two different countries helping me at the same time to c...
12/18/2025

Yesterday was a very special day with two of my best friends in two different countries helping me at the same time to create something magical. I was feeling overwhelmed with doing everything alone on my new website and my friend in Canada generously offered to help me with his artistic skills. So together with my ex wife Martina who is also one of my best friends in the world on the phone live, we all brought back Splash Tug and Trisch with Lumos for the cover of the Weekly Inspirations, a training program Martina and I had made together 10 years ago. I seriously can just feel Tug sitting on my shoulder. I love the image so much. It is so dear to me. I am feeling so grateful.

My latest Video on Demand is up! It's called Flawless Communication - Using Multiple Markers to Prevent Mixed Messages. ...
12/14/2025

My latest Video on Demand is up! It's called Flawless Communication - Using Multiple Markers to Prevent Mixed Messages.

Learn the different ways we can communicate with our dogs using markers and how to train markers with clarity.

Wish turned 10 today!
12/02/2025

Wish turned 10 today!

Bliss's first time on a wobbly bridge with his new friendRiver. He previously wasn't the best at balancing so I was very...
11/29/2025

Bliss's first time on a wobbly bridge with his new friend
River. He previously wasn't the best at balancing so I was very impressed he didn't even notice it wobbled. I'd never been to San Dieguito County Park before it's a great place to go with dogs. Thanks at Aloe Dog Training for the fun hike!

An article I wrote that I think is a great idea to read before the holidays
11/21/2025

An article I wrote that I think is a great idea to read before the holidays

Too Much of a Good Thing: Are the Activities your Dog Loves Doing Making him Sick? By Emily Larlham December 14, 2018 How good stress can turn bad Stress is a natural part of life. Eustress (mild stress/good stress) is beneficial for the mind and body. We all know what it’s like to experience good...

11/16/2025

The function of this cue is to prevent frustration and confusion when attention, toys or treats are not going to be available to your dog so they can do some...

Bliss has started to shake his head to tell me that he doesn’t want to do the training that we’re doing anymore. He’s do...
08/22/2025

Bliss has started to shake his head to tell me that he doesn’t want to do the training that we’re doing anymore. He’s done it multiple times. And it’s usually when the position is also similar to a down. So in this occasion, I thought he was just confused because he was laying down, but instead he decided to shake his head to tell me he had had enough of the bowing. His way of telling me he’s had enough is usually laying down, but now he started to shake his head when I’m not getting the memo. This is something that splash my border collie who passed did. One day when I was in New York and I was asking splash to go to the toilet in a gutter instead of on grass and she shook her head so much that someone passing by actually screamed and laughed at her because they couldn’t believe the dog was saying no when I said go p*e. When Epic doesn’t want to train a specific behavior she will jump on a chair, and cloud and halo will move towards the door to leave, wish turns her head away. It rarely happens with my dogs so I finally got it on video.

Bliss has started to shake his head to tell me that he doesn’t want to do the training that we’re doing anymore. He’s done it multiple times. And it’s usuall...

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