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Canine - Human Relationship Institute If you want to learn to talk to your dog; shut your mouth.-Nelson Hodges

My wife sent this photo of Kate today. She said she is following her around all the time. I am at the CHRI Center gettin...
10/09/2025

My wife sent this photo of Kate today. She said she is following her around all the time. I am at the CHRI Center getting ready for teaching Course IV.

This is good for their bond since Kate will be working as her Service Dog.

Course IV is starting this Saturday. 8 days of high level studies and working with a dog. The HurriKate decided to try o...
10/06/2025

Course IV is starting this Saturday. 8 days of high level studies and working with a dog.

The HurriKate decided to try out a couple of the lessons in one of the student manuals. She thinks it’s tasty.

No time to redo these pages, so one student is going to be gifted a dog review with their Course IV manual!

It is really quite simple. The hardest things to comprehend seem unattainable until you know more. You cannot know more ...
10/05/2025

It is really quite simple. The hardest things to comprehend seem unattainable until you know more. You cannot know more until you learn. The best way to learn is from someone who has not just learned, but from those that learned it a long time ago, and have gone beyond that level.

Why do I post the videos and photos I do? Because either someone in class has taken them without me knowing, or I have t...
10/05/2025

Why do I post the videos and photos I do? Because either someone in class has taken them without me knowing, or I have to show a time I am not working with a dog, because I am too busy working with that dog and don’t have a videographer hanging around me.

Today I worked with Toffee 3 times. I worked with Callie twice, I worked with Bosch 3 times (twice working as my service dog out with me), and I worked with Kate 4 times (taking her out to run errands twice and in SDIT mode). And yes, I WORKED with my dogs. We are always communicating and working specific actions and behaviors. Always. All with purpose.

I try to give information about dogs, behaviors, understanding of canines, etc.

It isn’t slick, or marketing. And it isn’t about me.

My focus is my dogs, the people I work with to educate and help them with their dogs.

10/05/2025

The HurriKate even gets the old lady, Callie, playing with her. They were having fun for a minute before I started the video, and ran outside to play more after. 🤣

I am honored by every person who has wished to attend even one lecture or class, over the decades I have taught many sub...
10/01/2025

I am honored by every person who has wished to attend even one lecture or class, over the decades I have taught many subjects.

To learn something requires a drive and desire, a thirst, a passion for knowing. Without that passion, within yourself, no one is going to “teach” you much. This is why I say “I would rather reach a dog than teach a dog”. But I say it to you as well.

I have seen many people try to collect this or that thing, technique, idea. Your learning isn’t about “it”. You learning is about you changing your comprehension, your passion and thirst for learning itself. Not the “thing”.

It is fine if something does not resonate with you at this point in time. Maybe it is the wrong thing for you. Maybe you just aren’t ready for it. But if something tugs at your soul, you should not let anyone else pull you away from learning about yourself.

In the end, all things are related. Where you end up on the path is going to be different than anyone else.

I hope you find your passion, you thirst for knowledge to be the best you are able to be. If you do that your thirst won’t ever be satiated, but you will know you are on the right path for yourself.

I received several boxes of products from Blue 9 this morning. I am doing an evaluation of the products for them. The pl...
09/30/2025

I received several boxes of products from Blue 9 this morning. I am doing an evaluation of the products for them. The plan is to use them at home, indoor, outdoor, in various ways and locations, different configurations and stacks. I will do the same at the CHRI Center with my dogs and in classes.

I will be analyzing the physical and psychological effects of the various components, sequencing, engagements with other dogs, engagement with humans, self use, longevity of each arrangement vs. interest and natural use, longevity of products, and on and on. We will be looking for novel ways to use these in training, behavioral modifications, and connection to other dogs and humans.

Thank you to Blue 9 for the use of these for study.

In the first initial placement, I allowed each of my dogs to encounter them, smell and study them, seek initial comfort in proximity and interaction with them, and see how they would use them.

1. As expected Callie (12 year old Siberian Husky) had zero hesitation to check them out, but did not see the point. Typical old curmudgeonly Husky.

2. Bosch, 5 year old GSD Service Dog, avoided use but sniffed. Walked around the new obstacles.

3. Toffee, 7 year old GSD (some think Malinois) immediately jumped up and used them as she was trained for agility type equipment. Also as expected, she was teaching the new puppy (Kate) what to do with them and to not avoid use.

4. Kate, 7 Mo. old GSD, walked around with interest. Once Toffee went up on top, stayed and showed her, she engaged with Toffee and began to use them, but not in full sequence as Toffee did (1-2-3 in order). However, Kate was the first to step on and use the other products that I had placed inside. She continued to enjoy and use them. This product has sharper textures where the dogs step, and are cushioned with the amount of air you put in them. While the outdoor products were encountered as expected, the indoor products were a surprise for me with regard to Kate for neo-object enjoyment. She was the only one that not only did not avoid stepping up, but enjoyed the use. (See video in comments

This was without encouragement, asking, or guiding any of my dogs to in or around these objects initially. It was an experiment as to how each would encounter these novel objects and their pure reactions.

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A few photos of more than 9 years of CHRI Course II. The November class for Course II still has a limited amount of open...
09/30/2025

A few photos of more than 9 years of CHRI Course II.

The November class for Course II still has a limited amount of openings. If you have ever been thinking about taking Course II, now would be a good time to do so. Next year’s classes are already filling up.

The only pre-requisite course is Course I (RBBM) which 1,400 people have had over the 17 years I have been teaching that Course as RBBM.

https://www.chrinstitute.com/course-2/

Bosch and Kate under my desk. They are best buddies now. Kate picks up things and drops them near me. I thank her instea...
09/30/2025

Bosch and Kate under my desk. They are best buddies now.

Kate picks up things and drops them near me. I thank her instead of scolding her. She is learning a soft mouth, so much so that she brought me a foam cone shaped form from my wife’s sewing room. She dropped it at my feet. I picked it up and handed it back to her and told her to take it to my wife. She cocked her head, GSD puppy style, with bright eyes. I told her again, and she turned and trotted to Sandy and handed it to her. Sandy received it and thanked her then patted her on the back. She wagged her tail and held it high being proud of herself.

Take every opportunity to work with, teach, engage and be ready to create yes for your dog.

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