by Linda Kaim | May 1, 2025 | Aggressive Dogs, Dangerous Dogs, Dog Behavior Training, Ethics in dog training, How to train a dog
While engaged in a conversation elsewhere, I posted many links to show work I have done on dogs with defensive or offensive aggression over the last half dozen years or so. EVERY dog in these videos had issues with other dogs, humans, or both. The sameness you see is...
by Linda Kaim | Mar 20, 2025 | anxious dogs, Dog Behavior Training, Dog Training Anecdotes, Fearful dogs
I was cruising through social media this morning before getting ready for work and came across a post about ‘consent’ in dog training/management/husbandry. The poster wrote about her perceptions regarding her fearful dog’s experience with a groomer....
by Linda Kaim | Mar 18, 2025 | Dog Behavior Training, Dog Training Tools, Maryland Dog Training
I actually had the hubris to think I invented the term “failure stacking”, but that honor goes to a woman named Sunny, who writes to a substack about the stock market and trading. The difference is in dog training, failure stacking is the deliberate introduction of...
by Linda Kaim | Feb 28, 2025 | Dog Behavior Training, Maryland Dog Training, resource guarding
Resource guarding is the defensive control of food, objects, locations, people, or other resources the dog considers valuable. One of the most mishandled behavior problems in the domestic dog, it is also one of the most preventable. Those two facts existing...
by Linda Kaim | Feb 17, 2025 | anxious dogs, Dog Behavior Training, Fearful dogs, Maryland Dog Training
Separation anxiety is not simply destructive behavior when a dog is left alone; it is a distress response associated with separation from an attachment figure. True clinical separation anxiety in dogs is rare. That may surprise you, especially if you’ve spent...
by Linda Kaim | Jan 29, 2025 | Certified dog trainer, Dog Behavior Training, dog obedience, Maryland Dog Training
Basic vs. Foundational Dog Obedience Training The Problem with the Term “Basic Obedience” Basic vs. foundational dog obedience training is not a great search term. The algorithms will hate it, but I’ll suffer that indignity to address something I...
