Anything is Pawsable Dog Training LLC

08/04/2025

Have you ever worn a pair of pants that dig in at the waist?
Had a sock slide down into your shoe with every step?
Or spent the day fidgeting with an itchy label that wouldn’t sit right?

Not painful.
Just annoying. Distracting. Enough to put you in a bad mood.

Now imagine you couldn’t take it off.
Imagine no one noticed.
And instead of helping you, they told you to behave better. Focus more. Stop overreacting.

Discomfort changes everything.

It affects your tolerance. Your patience. Your ability to cope.
And dogs feel it too—even when they don’t show it in ways we expect.

Dogs are bred to be stoic.
They push through. They keep going.
But just because they can doesn’t mean they should.
They’re not robots.

If something in your dog has changed—if they’re grumpier, less focused, slower to respond, more sensitive—don’t assume it’s a behaviour issue.
Start with kindness.
Start by asking: Could they be in pain? Could they be uncomfortable?

Especially if you already know they’ve got allergies, or arthritis, or another health condition.
Discomfort doesn’t always shout. Sometimes it just whispers.

The good news is: pain and discomfort can often be fixed.
And when we fix that, everything else gets easier.
It’s the little things that make life better—for them and for us.

Let’s start by fixing what we can fix.
Because that’s the kindest way forward.

07/29/2025

I'm going to take this moment to show you why it's so important to always make sure you're always working on building your relationship with your dog. I hear all the time about using the vibration part on a shock collar, a spray bottle, etc. "doesn't hurt," so people think it's OK. This is why it's not. Just because it doesn't cause pain,doesn't mean it doesn't damage the trust your fur babies have in you as their guardian. It affects them negatively emotionally. If my dogs didn't completely trust me, this would not have gone the way it did. I don't force my dogs to do anything. I don't pick them up and force them to approach/experience anything. They always have a choice.

Our air isn't working, so we bought a fan. My dogs have been around a fan before, but not in this exact context (that's another discussion for another time). My older guy, Hank, was looking out the window when the fan rotated to him and started blowing on him. That startled him. He started barking at it. The puppy, Peggy, was already worried about the fan; we were just letting the fan be part of the room. Peggy got excited and worried that her big brother was worried about something. He normally doesn't get worried about anything, really. If my dogs didn't trust me, they would have never trusted me to come near such an object when I walked over so they would know it was safe. I was laughing, but when I stopped, I calmly talked to them. It wasn't what I said; it was my calm voice.

07/03/2025

last week Denise and Mark had a chat with INTODogs member Lily Mickleburgh about her new amazing training app. This week we have joined forces and you have a chance to win a years paid subscription! Follow the steps and good luck! Don't forget to tag your friends and share - winners will be announced next week -Good luck everyone. (tag https://app.suppawt.com )

06/18/2025

02/08/2025

Dogs aren't 'defiant.’ They don’t plot rebellion or misbehave just for the sake of it. They don’t need ‘putting in their place,’ or be instructed to perform a different behaviour.

What they do is communicate.

Every single behaviour your dog shows has a reason behind it. If they bark, growl, lunge, or even shut down completely—it isn’t defiance. It isn’t ‘bad behaviour.’ It’s emotion.

🐕‍🦺 Reactivity isn’t naughtiness—it’s distress, overwhelm, or frustration.
🐶 Separation anxiety isn’t a dog being ‘too attached’—it’s fear of being alone, often rooted in insecurity.
🐾 Lead pulling isn’t defiance—it’s a reflection of excitement, stress, or a lack of understanding.
🐕 Ignoring cues isn’t ‘stubbornness’—it’s confusion, emotional distraction, or a breakdown in communication.

Dogs aren’t robots to be programmed with commands or corrections. They are thinking, feeling individuals navigating a human world they never asked to live in.

🔹 What if, instead of trying to control behaviour, we sought to understand it?
🔹 What if we listened instead of corrected?
🔹 What if we guided, supported, and communicated in a way they could truly understand?

This is exactly what the Canine Dialogue Dynamics (CDD) method is all about. It’s not about forcing compliance or conditioning responses—it’s about developing real, two-way communication with your dog.

🐾 Instead of suppressing behaviour, we work through emotions.
🐾 Instead of ignoring needs, we meet them in a way that builds trust.
🐾 Instead of trying to ‘fix’ the dog, we teach them how to think, feel safe, and navigate the world with confidence.

When we stop seeing behaviour as something to ‘correct’ and start seeing it as something to listen to, everything changes.

So, next time your dog does something you don’t like, pause. Ask yourself: What are they trying to tell me?

Are you ready to change the way you see behaviour?

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Learn more Reactivity Redefined through Canine Dialogue Dynamics

The Canine Dialogue Dynamics Method By Canine Ethical Associates

02/02/2025

The weirdest stuff we ask of our dogs or think of as problems but if we were describing ourselves it would be totally okay and normal. Like -

“Doesn’t like to be restrained”

“Really hates strange men touching her”

“Gets nervous in public”

“Doesn’t like children pulling on her ears”

“Can get snappy when startled or woken up quickly”

“Hates when people touch her while she’s eating”

All these things would completely NORMAL for a person, and yet for dogs they are deemed as “problems” that we need to fix.

So, let’s try it. Describe yourself as a dog, and all the things about you that if you were a dog wouldn’t be okay. I’ll go first -

Meet Helen, she loves everyone! She gets anxious by loud noises but if you give her some cheese she usually relaxes after a bit. She doesn’t like to share food, gets overstimulated quickly and hates being moved once she’s sleeping. She also cannot stand having her feet touched. She prefers being out in nature versus crowded places and will snap if she’s pushed. Not very obedient and likes to do her own thing, definitely needs to be motivated to do something she doesn’t like.

Now you!

01/14/2025

Good advice from ICAN member Taryn Blyth:

12/18/2024

Fun time today with Nova.We are going to work on confidence building.He isn't sure about people when his mom and dad aren't around. He already met me a few weeks ago so we could make sure I was the right trainer for their family. After a quick 2 min walk around he happily got into my car so we could go somewhere fun.

09/26/2024

BEYOND CESAR MILLAN

20 YEARS LATER.....The following review was submitted to National Geographic by Dr. Andrew Luescher, DVM, Ph.D, DACVB (board-certified veterinary behaviorist).

Dr. Luescher, former director of the Purdue University Veterinary Behavior Clinic was asked to provide feedback on "Dog Whisperer" tapes prior to the show's airing.

In this letter to National Geographic (date unknown), Dr. Luescher writes,

"I think this series, if aired, would be a major embarrassment for National Geographic. It is not stimulating or thought-provoking, since none of the presented techniques are new. They are outdated and have long been abandoned by most responsible trainers, let alone behaviorists, as inappropriate and cruel. I very much hope National Geographic will pull the plug on this program."

Please read the entire letter (It's not long.) and share: http://beyondcesarmillan.weebly.com/andrew-luescher.html

This program and trainers who have mimicked the behavior seen in this program have done so much damage to the dog training industry, dogs, and the human-animal bond.

I have met and spoken to Dr. Luescher personally, and I share his sentiments, as do all other trainers in the evidence-based, best practice camp. Meanwhile, much of the unsuspecting public still looks to National Geographic as an authority and has no idea it has thrown science to the wind, at least in terms of dog behavior and training.

Cindy Ludwig, MA, BS, RN, KPA-CTP, CPDT-KA
Canine Connection LLC
Willard, MO

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07/13/2024