by lkaim | Jun 3, 2025 | Dog Behavior Training, Maryland Dog Training, Maryland Puppy Training, Rescue dogs
Training Builds the Bond: Why Waiting to ‘Connect’ With Your Dog Wastes Valuable Time Many dog owners delay training because they believe they need to build a “bond” or “relationship” with their dog first. It sounds noble—after all, who doesn’t want their dog to love...
by lkaim | Aug 13, 2024 | Dog Behavior Training, Dog Training Anecdotes, Dog Training Tools, How to train a dog, Maryland Dog Training, Maryland Puppy Training, negative reinforcement, Positive reinforcement
Failure is always an option. Human history is peppered with the struggles of entire species to survive, including our own; where whole civilizations were exploited into extinction, and civilizations that couldn’t survive the changing landscape. A litany of self-help...
by lkaim | Dec 28, 2021 | Dangerous Dogs, Dog Behavior Training, Dog Training Anecdotes, How to train a dog, Maryland Dog Training, Maryland Puppy Training, Purebred Dogs
Groomers are Saints I pay homage to my roots and to all the groomers past and present that have endured the worst of the worst, and still kept their wits about them. This may come across as a bit like kicking a dead horse, if you will forgive the phrase. I am a person...
by lkaim | Jun 10, 2013 | Dogs, Maryland Dog Training, Maryland Puppy Training
What a trained dog starts to look like after only 5 weeks of work. This is what a trained dog can be expected to perform like, even after only the first five weeks of a ten week program. This dog was just 13 months old. Up to the day this was filmed, Zwei’s...
by lkaim | Nov 12, 2012 | Dogs, Maryland Dog Training, Maryland Puppy Training
One might ask what making coffee has to do with training dogs, but I thought it was an interesting segue since I am constantly harping on my training students to “use it or lose it”. A few 10 minute dog training sessions a day is pretty much all you need....
by lkaim | Sep 21, 2012 | Dogs, Maryland Puppy Training, Purebred Dogs, Socializing your new puppy
I know it’s been a while since I updated the Zwei file, but summertime is busy here at Lionheart K9 and we barely have time to eat, let alone write! Zwei is now a substantial and well grown young lad. At just over 7 months, he is getting ready to debut at the...
