Radical Rover

26/04/2025

“Prove it” said Chaka during an episode of home alone anxiety and possibly boredom. Pro tip: don’t place a book in a place you’ve never placed a book before 🙄 And always ensure all of their needs are met, esp the shredding ones.

24/04/2025

16/04/2025

My karmic lesson for today is in there somewhere but I can’t hear it over the noise!

31/03/2025

Looking to grow your own dog training business on Chicago’s south side and have no idea how to begin? Let’s build skills, get you certified and headed in the right direction!

23/03/2025

“Click the action, not the termination.”
Sounds simple, right? But this little gem from Alexandra Kurland is one of those deceptively obvious tips that separates clarity from confusion for the learner.

Behaviour isn’t just a thing—it’s an action—a continuous stream made up of many smaller behaviours. A wiggle, a pause, a bounce, a stretch, a shift in weight, a spark of enthusiasm. When we click, we’re delivering a discriminative stimulus for reinforcement—so the timing of that marker really matters.

Miss the moment? You might be reinforcing a different behavior than you intended. Maybe the stop, the shift, or the glance away—rather than the action you’re trying to build.

16/08/2024

Barky lungy nervous poopers of the world unite! Handlers you’re welcome too! This is a safe space and you’re a champion in my eyes🥇

09/08/2024

Baby’s first shred. They grow up so fast. Hit me up if you want those shredding champion tips because this beats shoe snatching any day!

02/04/2024

Curious about clicker training? Once you get the basics, sky’s the limit! It’s all about engagement and having fun!

21/03/2024

Here’s to our friends with big ears and big feelings 📣🥂

27/02/2024

That face you make when you didn’t bark out the window at the guy who uncovered and tinkered with his motorcycle and had the nerve to do it all right outside your house!

Ellison is keenly aware of his environment. Nothing goes unnoticed. Sometimes this entails rushing to the window and barking so the scary thing going will go away. 🤩

While this certainly works for Ellison, it’s not exactly ideal for the rest of us. Instead I’ve worked to allow him to investigate and then reinforced the silence immediately by marking and rewarding. That’s why you’ll never find me without treats in my pockets or within reach. You never know when a chance for reinforcement will present itself 🤔

Let me know if you’d like to work together on replacing undesirable behaviors with new behaviors…and enjoy the silence…most of the time 😉