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Low-stress training, behavior modification, dog/child safety, preparing dog for new child No dog needs a prong, choke, electric shock, etc., in order to learn.

If we do not give dogs what they need physically and mentally, then we open the door for trouble. My goal is to find the best and most positive way to encourage you and your canine to learn together. Not all dogs will motivate for food, not all will motivate for play, but all dogs have a motivator that, when used properly, means training can be fun, non-intimidating and a bonding moment. No breed

needs force or to be bullied in order to learn. How do I know this? Through my own growth the past 30 years and observation, experience and the drive to find better ways I realized how wrong I was so long ago. Sadly, many trainers still hold to the old ways and refuse to evolve.

09/05/2026

When you watch this video, what stress signals do you see? To people who do not know the subtleties of canine communication, this looks sweet and loving. When you know what to look for, you see a dog that is tolerating the situation, asking for it to stop, but not being respected. What could the next step the dog takes be? Hopefully walking away. Very possibly a growl (often leading to punishment for the dog). The dog may give a "muzzle punch" (think a warning to a bite with the mouth closed). The dog may give an air snap or a connecting bite.
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19/03/2026

Understanding these steps is very important. Things don’t just happen out of nowhere. Now these stages may happen quickly, but things don’t happen completely out of nowhere.

07/03/2026

Piper had her first weight pulling competition this weekend. I only entered her one day to get an idea where I need to focus work and to hopefully keep it still entertaining for her. She has her first qualifying pole towards her first weight, pulling title. Fingers crossed she’ll keep enjoying it.

25/01/2026

What do you do when the temperature is in the teens because of the windchills and everything is iced over? You go on the front porch and start getting used to pulling something with your harness on. Fingers crossed Piper might become my first weight pulling competition dog if I don’t inadvertently screw something up.

05/01/2026

Ask me how I know there is some critter living under the deck. My husband finished over the summer. If you move off the deck on the side, the video is looking at, these two have also excavated under the deck from that side. Piper is a little enough to squeeze into holes. And yes, she has proven herself a relatively effective hunter. I think frost is her initial muscle for getting the process started. Yes, my dogs are first and foremost dogs. They are allowed to do dog things. However, I am going to have to work on preventing these two from getting under the deck. There are plenty of other places in the yard for them to hunt critters.

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