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Training Canines LLC Researching how puppies learn. Specializing in early puppy development and Golden Retrievers Specialized puppy training.

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👉I here it all the time: “I want a female because they’re calmer.” After training 500+ puppies, I’ve found the opposite....
26/12/2025

👉I here it all the time: “I want a female because they’re calmer.” After training 500+ puppies, I’ve found the opposite. Males consistently calmer, more eager to please, practically velcroed to your side. Females more independent, less needy for constant attention.

➡️➡️Plot twist: females ARE more emotionally sophisticated. When your stress hormones rise, female dogs’ cortisol follows faster and higher than males. They’re not calmer they’re MORE attuned. Reading your emotional state constantly, mirroring your nervous system more intensely.

👉This explains why some female puppies seem “reactive” they’re not. They’re hyper aware. Picking up on owner’s anxiety about socialization and amplifying it. Meanwhile male puppy oblivious, just happy to be here.
I’ve watched this play out hundreds of times: Anxious owner gets female puppy, puppy becomes anxious. Same owner gets male puppy, puppy stays steady. Not because males are “better” because they’re less emotionally contagious. Female dogs feel everything you’re feeling, males more buffered from your emotional state.
Royal Society study confirmed females show greater obedience, but here’s what study didn’t measure: emotional cost. Females working harder to read you, please you, predict you. Males just doing the thing because it’s fun.

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26/12/2025

👉Creating value changes how your puppy responds to training!

âś…See how these puppies respond? One word and they come running from anywhere. No repeating. No hesitation.

âś…That happened because I made the word valuable first.

👉Dogs don’t respond because you said a word. They respond because that word means something exciting. No value? Just noise.

âś…Connection comes first. Before commands, before obedience prove that your words lead to good things.

➡️How I taught “search”: Said it happily and tossed kibble for them to find it. The word equals food, and it equals fun. Did this a few times daily for three days. By day three, “search” became their favorite word. Now they run from across the yard because it has massive value.

✅This is connection-based training. I’m not commanding I’m making a word mean “something awesome happens.” They WANT to respond because the word itself is rewarding.

👉When you build value first, training becomes collaboration not compliance. Your puppy listens because they trust your words.
Most people skip this. They start with “sit” expecting compliance. But the word is meaningless. No value. So puppies ignore it and people repeat louder.

👉That’s backwards. Value first, then cues. Connection first, then everything else falls into place.

âś…Start with one word. Say it happily and make something good happen immediately. Food, play, affection. Do this consistently and watch that word become magnetic.
Once words have value, everything becomes easier. Recall works because coming pays off. Cues work because listening leads to good things. Training flows because the value foundation exists.

âś…Without that foundation, you fight for attention. With it, your puppy eagerly engages.

Learn my methods → empoweredpuppyschool.com

25/12/2025

Why your new puppy won’t leave you alone

➡️Your puppy just left their littermates. For eight weeks they had built-in entertainment 24/7. Now they’re home with you wondering where everyone went and who’s going to play.

➡️This is why they follow you everywhere, whine when you sit down, and paw at you constantly. They’re not being needy they genuinely don’t know how to be alone. Their siblings handled entertainment. No one taught them solo play.

👉If you don’t teach this now, you’re creating a dog who can’t function without you. Here’s what that looks like long term: A dog who destroys things when left alone because they never learned to self-soothe. A dog with separation anxiety who panics the moment you leave. A dog who demands your attention every waking minute because you became their entertainment source.

👉The fix is teaching independent play as a skill starting now. Create short solo intervals while you’re home. A few minutes with a toy while you’re in the same room. Extend gradually to ten, then fifteen. You’re teaching “being alone is safe and normal” before it becomes a crisis when you actually need to leave. Rotate toys every few days. What’s interesting Monday is boring by Wednesday. Keep the novelty high so they stay engaged in solo play instead of seeking you out.

👉The mistake most people make is only giving solo time when they leave the house. Then the puppy associates alone time with abandonment. Practice it while you’re home first. Solo time becomes just another part of the day, not a scary event.

✅Start this week. Independent play isn’t a personality trait some puppies are born with. It’s taught. Teach it now while they’re young and you’ll have a dog who’s content whether you’re there or not.

✅Learn my methods → empoweredpuppyschool.com

23/12/2025

👉Why are they a landshark?

👉You just watched confusion turn into biting. Mirror confuses him. He barks. Tries to figure it out. Can’t. Bites the nearest thing usually you.

➡️This is why your puppy bites after confusing moments. Their brain can’t process it, stress builds, biting releases it.
The solution is clarity. Help them understand what’s happening before confusion becomes stress.

✅How to give clarity: I call it name and explain. Name what’s happening. “That’s you in the mirror” or “That’s the dishwasher.” Your calm voice gives context this has a name, it’s normal, you’re safe. They have no clue what you are really saying, but your calm tone, tells them they are safe. The key for any puppy.

âś…Let them look, sniff, process. When they control it, their brain solves the puzzle instead of getting stuck.

👉Show it’s safe. Touch the confusing object yourself. You’re demonstrating “see, not scary, just a thing.” If they see you interact with the item, they realize it isn’t so scary.

âś…When puppies learn confusing things can be figured out with your help, they stop defaulting to biting. They look to you for clarity instead of releasing stress through their mouth. Next time your puppy encounters something confusing, narrate it calmly and let them process. This helps them redirect.

👉Learn my methods → empoweredpuppyschool.com

22/12/2025

👉You saw what this prevents and teaches.

✅Now here’s HOW it actually works in their brain and why the specifics matter.

✅The floating bowl creates problem-solving in real time. The bowl drifts. They have to reposition. Eat while it moves. Their brain is calculating: where’s the food now, how do I reach it, how do I stabilize this. That’s active thinking, not passive eating.

👉The water adds sensory input most puppies never experience during meals. Wet paws. Splashing sounds. Cool temperature. Movement underfoot. Their nervous system learns “I can eat while processing multiple sensations at once.” This is how you build dogs who don’t shut down when environments change.

👉The outdoor setting matters too. No walls. Open space. Sounds from everywhere.

✅They’re learning meals aren’t tied to one safe, quiet room. Food happens in the world, not just the kitchen.

👉Compare this to puppies who only eat from the same bowl in the same corner at exactly 6pm. Their brain wires eating as a rigid routine. Break any part of that routine and their system doesn’t know how to process it. They skip meals. Get anxious.
Refuse to eat in new places.

👉You’re not just feeding them in water. You’re programming their brain’s response to variables.

👉Start simple: Feed tomorrow’s meal on the patio instead of the kitchen. Next day, use a different bowl. Next week, try a new room. Watch them adapt. That’s the flexibility building.

👉The earlier you introduce variables, the more natural adaptability becomes.

✅Learn my methods → empoweredpuppyschool.com

21/12/2025

👉See those treats dropping in front of her? She’s a puppy. Puppies are treat obsessed.

✅But she’s not even glancing down because she’s learned something more important: focusing on me pays off more than grabbing what’s right in front of her.

👉This is what clarity looks like. Your puppy doesn’t have selective hearing because they’re stubborn. They have selective hearing because they don’t understand what you’re asking them to focus on.

➡️Here’s what most people do: They ask their puppy to sit while the puppy is staring at a squirrel. The puppy doesn’t respond. So they repeat “sit, sit, SIT” until maybe the puppy does it. Now the puppy’s learned that the first cue doesn’t matter.

➡️The problem isn’t the cue. The problem is the puppy was never focused on you in the first place.

✅You can’t teach any cue if your puppy’s attention is somewhere else. Focus has to come first. Before cues. Before expectations. Before anything.

➡️How to teach: Drop a treat near your puppy as a distraction. Say “look at me” once. When their eyes meet yours, reward immediately with a better treat or praise.

➡️Now they will for sure want to go for the one you dropped at first. Just cover it with your hand, and when they look at you reward with your opposite hand. It won’t take long as you will be able to drop the treat and not even have to cover it up. Now you have their focus!

✅You’re teaching them that ignoring distractions and choosing to focus on you is more valuable than whatever else is happening around them.

âś…Practice with increasing distractions.

👉This creates a puppy who hears you the first time because they’re already paying attention. Cues that work because your puppy is mentally present and tuned into your voice.

👉Learn my complete method → empoweredpuppyschool.com

20/12/2025

👉 A boogie board and bathtub transform puppies Sounds simple, right? It is. But what happens in this exercise wires their brain for life.

âś…When a puppy steps onto an unstable surface over water, three critical things happen at once: They learn to trust their body. The board shifts under them and they have to figure out how to stay balanced.

➡️Their brain is rapidly calculating where are my feet, how do I adjust my weight, how do I stay upright. That’s body awareness developing in real time.

✅They learn to problem-solve. The surface is unstable. Water adds an element of uncertainty. They can’t just stand there they have to actively figure it out. This builds neural pathways for adaptability.

➡️They learn to stay calm through uncertainty. The board wobbles. The water moves. Instead of panicking, they learn “I can handle this.” That emotional regulation becomes their default response to new situations.

✅Here’s why this matters: A puppy who learns these skills at 8-12 weeks develops a brain wired for resilience. They don’t freeze when they encounter something new. They don’t panic on unfamiliar surfaces. They problem-solve instead of shut down.

✅This translates everywhere. The puppy who’s calm on a wobbly board? They’re calm on slippery floors, uneven terrain, stairs, vet tables, grooming tables. They’ve learned their body can handle instability.

👉How to do this safely: Start with the board on the ground. Let them explore it, walk on it, get comfortable with the texture.

👉Add shallow water (bathtub depth). You’re right there. The board floats but you’re controlling it. This adds the movement element in a controlled way.

👉Let them figure it out. Give them 5-10 seconds to problem-solve. That’s where the learning happens.

✅The magic isn’t in the boogie board or the water. The magic is in what their brain learns during those moments of figuring it out.

âś…Early exposure = early wiring. Start now.
Learn the complete methods → empoweredpuppyschool.com

19/12/2025

👉Puppy training is hard but don’t forget this….👇

Connection isn’t built in one big moment. It’s built in dozens of small ones. Every time your puppy looks at you when you call their name, chooses to sit next to you, or responds to a simple cue, that’s connection happening.

➡️Here’s why these small wins matter: they teach your puppy that engaging with you pays off. Not just in treats, but in positive experiences. You’re reinforcing “working with my person feels good.”

âś…That foundation is what makes everything else possible. The recall when you need it. The calm behavior in distracting environments. The ability to listen when it matters most. All of it starts here, in these small moments of connection.

➡️Practice gentle touch, stroke their ears, handle their paws, run your hands down their back. This builds trust in your hands and teaches them handling is safe and pleasant.

➡️Sit on the floor with them during calm moments. Being at their level creates connection without demanding anything.

➡️Just existing together builds trust.
Reward calm check-ins throughout the day. When your puppy looks at you unprompted, acknowledge it. That voluntary engagement is gold.

✅The strongest training relationships aren’t built on obedience alone. They’re built on a puppy who genuinely wants to engage with you. Who checks in because they trust you. Who responds because the connection feels good.

✅So celebrate the paw. The high five. The small wins. They’re building something that lasts far beyond puppyhood.

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18/12/2025

👉Has your puppy turned your world upside down?

✅Here’s how to flip it back to your calm! (assuming it was that way before! lol)

👉Most puppy chaos comes from one thing: they don’t know what to do when nothing is happening. They are literally OK what do we do now, and when you don’t give direction they all do what puppies do, which always ends up in chaos.

✅The fix? Teach calm like it’s a skill.
Here’s how:

âś… Every time you see your puppy sitting, laying down absolutely anything being good, reward it.

✅ Don’t say a word. Just drop a piece of kibble and walk away.

âś… Do this 30+ times a day. Yes, really. More if you can! (I use some of their food portion for this so no worries of extra treats)

In 3 days? You’ll start seeing a puppy that chooses calm all on their own.

➡️Why it works:
You’re reinforcing self-regulation. Calm becomes a habit because it pays off. Puppy training isn’t just about stopping the chaos it’s about showing them what works.

This one change will transform your home.

âś…Let me be your guide to how puppies learn! Follow

✅Getting a puppy? visit empoweredpuppyschool.com we have an online puppy course just for goldens and labs. We have a course for your teenager too! Dog teenager of course🤣

âś…Are you a breeder or trainer wanting to take your business further? Check out or Breeder/Trainer Online Course at empoweredpuppyschool.com

17/12/2025

➡️ 3 things that help them understand the cue down.

👉Thing 1 - The most important: Get on their level. Did you see me sitting on the floor? That’s not random. When you stand over a puppy teaching down, you’re towering over them. Sit on the floor and you become non-threatening. Eye level. A partner, not an authority figure. They trust you more, focus better, learn faster. This one change cuts learning time in half.

👉Thing 2 - The rule of 3: Teach in three different places. Puppies don’t generalize like we think. Teach down in one spot? They learn “down in THIS spot.” You need three locations: crate, bed, and at your feet. The crate teaches them to settle there. The bed reinforces it’s a calm zone. At your feet teaches them to relax near you anywhere. Three locations = they understand down works everywhere.

👉Thing 3 - The magic number: 8 weeks old. Start at 8 weeks and their brains are sponges. You’re building the foundation before confusion sets in. An 8-week-old learning down the right way? They master it in days, not weeks.

👉Most people stand up, teach in one place, and start too late. Then wonder why down doesn’t work when they need it.

✅These three things make all the difference. Learn my complete method → empoweredpuppyschool.com. Training starts on Day One.

16/12/2025

👉Puppies can’t self-regulate sleep. They feel tired, but their brain can’t respond with “I should rest now.” So they keep going until they crash, or more likely, until they turn into bitey nightmares.

âś…The 60-60 Rule:
60 minutes awake, 60 minutes calm downtime to nap. Repeat all day.
Most people have never heard of this. But it’s the difference between a calm puppy and chaos.

👉Why puppies can’t just “sleep when tired”:

👉When puppies stay awake too long, cortisol and adrenaline flood their system. Their body’s stress response kicks in to keep them going.

✅Now they’re wired. Bitey. Zooming. Can’t settle. That’s not energy, that’s exhaustion with a stress hormone override. After 60 minutes awake (play, train, eat, potty), place them in their area to rest. They will probably give you a little grief at first, but usually within 5-10 minutes they are asleep. You are teaching them how to self-regulate.

âś…This prevents:
The 2pm biting sessions. Witching hour. Zoomies. All the things we all deem as normal puppy behavior. While it is the 60-60 rule helps you manage.

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14/12/2025

👉Walking your puppy late in the day can make them crazy But it’s not what you think. It’s not the TIME. It’s HOW the walk happens.

➡️You see you have been at work all day. Your puppy’s been resting. You rush home stressed, grab the leash, and head out. Your puppy hasn’t had stimulation all day. This walk is their ONLY outlet. So they’re amped, pulling, unfocused. You think you’re tiring them out. You’re actually ramping them up.
They stay wired up because evening walks become high-energy events because they’re the puppy’s only activity. All that pent-up energy explodes on the walk.

➡️Then you come back from the walk and they are wired. Zoomies. Mouthing. Can’t calm down.

âś…This is what you can do to help.
Morning mental work - 10 minutes of training or sniffing before you leave.

âś…Keep evening walks SHORT and CALM, sniffing walk, not exercise walk.

âś…Post-walk wind-down, chew time or mat work after helps them settle.

➡️The real issue:
It’s not that evening walks are bad. It’s that they become the ONLY stimulation, making them too intense.

âś…If you can add some activity any other time throughout the da, your. evening walks stay calm instead of creating chaos.

âś… Puppy-Adolescent-Breeder/Trainer Courses online at empoweredpuppyschool.com

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About Training Canines, LLC

Kim Paciotti,CPDT-KA is a certified professional trainer, but many refer to her as canine scientist, and puppy specialist. In 2009 Kim established Training Canines, LLC is focused on developing training techniques for the health and wellness of puppies. Through the power of education and scientific research Training Canines, LLC developed the Empowered Puppy Program. The system has many facets, and starts training puppies at 10 days of age. They have developed a puppy personality test that will determine a puppies learning, focus, and socialization capabilities. This will serve as the blueprint for a training program that fits the personality of each and every puppy. They teach by imitation, and puppies actually watch themselves on TV in order to learn basic commands. They have had puppies as early as four weeks old sitting on command. Kim is committed to “Changing The World One Puppy At A Time”, by making an impact on the amount of dogs surrendered to shelters and rescues due to behavior and training issues. The goal is to share their system so people across the world will learn that early puppy development is the most proactive solution to preventing and stopping unwanted behaviors.