by lkaim | Sep 4, 2019 | Dog Training
Drive. It’s a hot-button, poorly understood and frequently misused word in dog training. Dog trainers talk about building drive, channeling drive, switching drive, engaging drive, all sorts of things that simply determine what the dog is internally motivated by...
by lkaim | Jul 21, 2019 | Dog Politics, Dog Trainers, Dog Training, Dog Training Anecdotes
I ran a single-question survey on my facebook page the other day. I asked folks to determine if they saw themselves as a dog parent or as a dog owner. I knew going in that the overwhelming answer would be biased towards dog owner because that is my belief, and the...
by lkaim | May 26, 2019 | Dog Trainers, Dog Training, Dog Training Tools, Electronic Dog Training Collars
I have to say, I am almost embarrased to admit that I train dogs. What used to bring me great pride and incredible fulfillment has become a hotly devisive, contentious, provocative topic. Between the Trainer Wars with various camps extolling the virtue of a particular...
by lkaim | Dec 27, 2016 | Dog Trainers, Dog Training, Dog Training Anecdotes, Dogs
The New Year is creeping closer, and already the cash registers at every gym and fitness center on the planet is ringing. The murmurations of every overweight, soft, unfit, couch-riding over-eater can be heard for miles as they flock to the nearest sweatshop for...
by lkaim | Jun 10, 2013 | Dog Training, Dogs, Puppy Training
What a trained dog starts to look like after only 5 weeks of work. Zwei is shown demonstrating the training skills he had learned in the first five weeks of a ten week program. He was just 13 months old. Up to the day this was filmed, Zwei’s exposure to this...