Play-based dog training is the most effective form of dog training because it speaks to the fundamental nature of dogs. Canines refine their innate hunting skills through rough-and-tumble play with their littermates. We can harness this desire in tra ...
Category: Advice
Tags: celebrating, chasing, consuming, dog play training, dog training, fighting, play, play as the way, play is the way, play training, play-based training, predatory hunting, searching, stalking, training, training through play
How dog trainers view dogs has changed over time, and so has our approach to dog training. Dog training used to be very harsh—today, it’s much kinder. Some even argued that dogs don’t have emotions—these days, we know better.
Category: General Information
Tags: behavior, canis familiaris, desires, dog, dogs, drives, emotions, genetics, personality, play, reactions, skills, stressors, understanding dogs
Many dogs we work with have varying degrees of anxiety and in case of certain breeds it quite disturbing to witness. Fear in dogs is the one most common challenges we are contacted for. The reasons for this fear epidemic in dogs are multifold.
Category: Behavior
Tags: anxiety in dogs, behavior, care, dog behavior, emotional systems, fear, fear and anxiety in dogs, fear in dogs, jaak pankseep, lust, panic, pankseep, play, rage, ragfe, seeking
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