Kong's Kanine Training

11/21/2025

11/21/2025

Science???

I believe science has no place in dictating dog training because so much of the "facts" are often manipulated for the outcome that certain people desire. Namely those that pay for the studies of have a benefit in certain outcomes.

I abhor the word "punishment" as a term for dog training because it is misused and misunderstood. More than 90% of the time a dog does not deserve "punishment" as the term is truly defined: pun·ish·ment
/ˈpəniSHm(ə)nt/
noun
1. the infliction or imposition of a restriction, financial penalty, form of suffering, or other undesired consequence for an offense.

Instead what we should offer is guidance, correction and structure / information.

I believe "scientists" should redefine the word punishment in their. presentations . So many dog trainers are caught up in complicating dog training for one reason or another.

I truly believe that dogs are simple creatures and communicating with them and helping them succeed is about "connecting" MORE and science LESS. It's about a connection with the animal and communicating - not scientific nonsense.

Dogs are not science experiments... stop treating them as such. They are living caring creatures that deserve better. They deserve our love, our compassion and YES, the guidance to know what's right and wrong. That involves corrections and information.

All that being said, I had an amazing call with my good friend from across the POND James Penrith and, after much venting about the downturn of our industry, we thought we would introduce our "well researched - well presented" theory on scientific approach to dog training that most anyone can grasp.

See our scientific diagram below. Feel free to share!

11/18/2025

Everyone wants a calm, respectful dog.
No one wants to be the one who enforces rules.

You can’t have one without the other.

Boundaries are love.
Leadership is love.
Accountability is love.

If you’re done “hoping” your dog behaves, start leading.

🎁 and Comment BF to get on our Black Friday promo waitlist 😎 you don’t want to miss this event this year!

11/09/2025

With Larry Krohn – I'm on a streak! I've been a top fan for 5 months in a row. 🎉

09/14/2025

09/09/2025

This beautiful pup was so wary when I showed up he was wrapping him self around his owner to get away from me. As the evaluation progressed there was some great improvement. Super excited to see what Kenai can do in our program 🐾🐶

Good job to Kenai and his owner Shey for putting in the work today.

08/20/2025

08/19/2025

08/19/2025

❤️❤️❤️❤️

08/16/2025

No shortcuts

08/03/2025

Benson is already killing it! He was a little apprehensive when he arrived for the pack walk but soon began to dog with the other dogs.

07/19/2025

Sophie's owner and I were so engaged I didn't get pictures of the evaluation.

Sophie did amazing today. I got to see the sweet calm side and the wild fun side along with the scared of my reflection side.

We worked on exercises and techniques to help with fear, walks, engagement and structure.

She is expecting a human baby sister in October so it will be important for Sophie to have structure and impulse control.

Super excited to work with her and will share more of her journey next week!