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 | Sep 8, 2025 | Aggressive Dogs, biting dogs, Dog Behavior Training
A friend of mine who happens to be a professional groomer called me not long ago, still catching her breath from wrestling a four-pound Poodle. The dog had bitten her when she tried to remove it from its crate. She was not shocked that the dog bit her. She was shocked...
by Linda | 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 | Feb 28, 2025 | Dog Behavior Training, Maryland Dog Training, resource guarding
Resource Guarding in Dogs: What It Is, Why It Happens, and What To Do About It Resource guarding is one of the most mishandled behavior problems in the domestic dog. It is also one of the most preventable. Those two facts existing simultaneously should tell you...
by Linda | Feb 1, 2025 | Buying a dog, Care and custodianship, Dangerous Dogs, Dog Laws, Dog Politics, Professional conduct, Rescue dogs
The Unspoken Truth About Dog Shelters and Rescues Critical Thinking in Dog Ownership Is Disappearing It’s becoming unusual for humans to apply critical thinking skills to anything related to dog ownership in this day and age. It’s the odd individual who...
