by Linda | Oct 26, 2025 | Care and custodianship, Dog Politics, Dog Trainers, Dogs, negative punishment, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, Positive reinforcement, Professional conduct
The Dog Trainer’s Trade On my trek to annoy people and plant the seeds of discontent- early morning ramblings brought to you by pre-coffee. A long dissertation on the state of the dog trainer’s trade. Oh yeah, and if you don’t like reading long...
by Linda | Oct 19, 2025 | Dog Behavior Training, Dog Trainers, Dogs, littermate syndrome, resource guarding
What Is ‘Littermate Syndrome’? Every trainer encounters “littermate syndrome” in dogs from the same household more than once in their career. Most of the time owners complain that the dogs no longer ‘get along’, or are starting to...
by Linda | Oct 18, 2025 | Dog Behavior Training, Dog Training Anecdotes, Dog Training Tools, How to train a dog, Maryland Dog Training, negative reinforcement, Positive reinforcement
We talk in terms of reinforcement and punishment all the time. We understand the concepts behind adding something to make something happen (or stop happening) or taking something away to make something happen (or stop happening). All of this is the basic rudiments of...
by Linda | Oct 18, 2025 | Dangerous Dogs, Dog Behavior Training, Dog Training Anecdotes, Dogs, How to train a dog
I share this story a lot. As the years go by, it is a powerful reminder of how cavalier folks can be when it comes to living with a dangerous dog. When we still operated the training space in Carroll County, I had a client with an offensive-aggressive herding breed...
by Linda | Oct 9, 2025 | Breeding Dogs, Dog Genetics, Dogs, Purebred Dogs
Designer Dogs, Doodles and Poos There is a conundrum regarding the validity of claims surrounding the “designer dog” market. First we must distinguish what makes a pure breed of dog, what constitutes a mutt, mongrel or mixed bred dog, and what exactly is a...
by Linda | Oct 9, 2025 | Breeding Dogs, Dog Genetics, Dogs, Purebred Dogs
Choosing a Pure Bred Dog or purchasing a Pure Breed Puppy for Your Household Choosing the ‘right dog’ for your household should be less of the impulse buy it has become to a heavily researched, informed decision. More emphasis is placed on the refrigerator...
