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Specialized Dog Training & Behavior Modification for dogs with problems since 2003.

RotNDog is your answer for help with aggression, fear, anxiety, and basic-advanced obedience.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year from my RotNDogs to
Yours! 🐾 ✨ 💚

12/31/2025

Let’s discuss some inside of the box as well as outside of the box safety topics for your dog’s behavior this firework holiday.

Link in comments/stories!

12/30/2025

Dog Talk Tuesday: “Doing Nothing”

A lot of people say that the dog was “doing nothing” at the time an incident occurred or they will point out that the dog is “doing nothing” right now.

But dogs don’t really “do nothing.”

They’re always doing SOMETHING.

Many people would say the dogs in this photo are doing nothing. But yet: they are lying down, heads are resting, one is facing the other, one is avoiding eye contact, one is responding to a known cue/command from his owner, the other is choosing voluntarily to approach the other but still keep some distance, one is choosing not to pester the other (as is his history), and the other is choosing not to attack the other (as is his history)… so yes. These dogs are actually doing a lot.

Observe what the dog is doing because they are bound to be doing something, always.

As always, when reading body language we have to remember to read it like we would read a sentence. Understand that it’s all the words together that create the meaning of a sentence, not one word alone. Thereby we also need to take all of the dog’s body language signals combined to create a meaning, and not focus on one single body part by itself.

12/29/2025

Muzzle Monday: Wait, why does today’s Muzzle Monday post have two dogs without muzzles?

Because sometimes we use muzzles with the goal of not needing them in the future.

Sure, there are absolutely situations where I make the muzzle a mandatory forever rule. But there are also situations where the muzzle is used as an aid in the beginning, and then can be removed later on when the situation is deemed safe.

Jax the Weimaraner (on the right) was muzzled for the first few interactions with a family member’s dog (on the left) over the holidays. And since every thing had been going well, they felt comfortable enough to remove his muzzle. And for them and this specific situation, that totally works!

Muzzles can get us places that we didn’t think we could get to in a less stressful, more safe, and faster way than without them in a lot of instances.

12/28/2025

My main focus is to teach the dog’s owner how to work with, live with, and train with the dog each day.

But sometimes my owners need a little extra assistance in practicing and as long as I know for sure that they are doing the work, I’m ok with helping out.

That’s when I have no problem taking my client’s dog out to work on whatever behaviors we need to practice. BUT it’s not something I suggest or recommend to do solely, as again I want to make sure my clients are able to do this as well.

12/27/2025

I hear a lot of dog trainers say that they “need to see the behavior in order to work on it.” There’s often times backlash against other dog trainers (myself included) who say the opposite: we don’t necessarily need to see it to work with it or resolve it.

Obviously there’s benefits to seeing what exactly is going on - sometimes the owners aren’t telling the full story. But for most things I can give the owner instructions on what to do and then depending on how that pans we out we move on from there, if I cannot or do not want to see the behavior in action.

For the trainers who say they ALWAYS need to see the behavior… what about all the dogs who clients complain that they can’t have intimate time with their partners without the dogs doing XYZ behavior? How would they handle that?

🤔🤔🤔😐😐😐

We don’t need to see everything in order to work on it. Plain and simple.

12/26/2025

When you take one of the most statistically challenging cases at face value:

🚫 Three dogs fighting in the home
🚫 All three fighting with one another
🚫 All three completely separated
🚫 All three females
🚫 All three bully breeds
🚫 No structure in the home
🚫 “Seek and Destroy” level
🚫 Active household
🚫 Young children in the home
🚫 Owners limited on time

But you have one important thing:

✅ Committment

You can still see success.

It might take longer, it might be more steps, it might be much more challenging, but the rewards are incredible.

When clients come to me with what seems like unachievable goals, within reason we can still try. And sometimes we get pleasantly surprised at the progress.

We are all grateful that Angel, Buttercup, and B-Mo are finally spending some peaceful time all together again, moving around the home. This family has really put in the work despite having so much else on their plates.

If you want to make it happen, you will find the time!

12/25/2025

Happy Holidays from RotNDog! 🐾

12/24/2025

Not Your Average Holiday Dog Safety blog post is now up. It’s not just the poinsettias you want to be careful of!

Check it out ! 🤗🌲

12/23/2025

Dog Talk Tuesday: Exposing the belly and the myth surrounding it.

Dogs don’t exit the womb asking for belly rubs.

See my blog post for more. Link in comments.

As always, when reading body language we have to remember to read it like we would read a sentence. Understand that it’s all the words together that create the meaning of a sentence, not one word alone. Thereby we also need to take all of the dog’s body language signals combined to create a meaning, and not focus on one single body part by itself.

12/22/2025

MUZZLE MONDAY: “Pica” is the “persistent and compulsive craving and consumption of substances that are not food and have no nutritional value.” Unfortunately some dogs really struggle with it, EVEN IF all of their basic needs are met with exercise, mental stimulation, and proper diet. Sometimes it’s just fun or self rewarding for them. And if we are to continue to give these dogs some level of freedom (especially outside) then we would be putting them at risk. Especially if the dog has already had thousands of dollars spent in surgery to correct a
gastrointestinal blockage (such as Hendrix, pictured with a pine cone he tried to shove through the muzzle). You can have the best “leave it” in the world, but that won’t necessarily stop the dog from eating something as soon as they go out of your sight or get far enough away from you.

Using a muzzle in the places where pica is most likely to occur as a safety net to prevent any more ingestion of inappropriate items prevents the dog from practicing the behavior, from getting self reinforcement, and from needing another surgery - because you can only cut open and/or resect the intestines so many times.

And most importantly, the dog can still have some freedom rather than be restricted.

Muzzles are always associated with aggression, and this is a perfect example of another situation where they can be life-saving in a different way.

12/21/2025

Happy Winter Solstice! Given it’s the shortest day of the year, it’s a perfect time to be grateful for the sunlight.

🌞 🐕

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