by lkaim | Sep 7, 2025 | crate training, Dog Behavior Training, House breaking, How to train a dog, Maryland Dog Training, Maryland Puppy Training, Separation anxiety
Back-to-School Blues: Helping Your Dog Adjust to New Routines Once the long days of summer retreat to the back-to-school routine, the quality of sunlight isn’t the only thing that changes. As the days get shorter and the weeks get longer, the entire household begins...
by lkaim | Mar 18, 2025 | Dog Behavior Training, Dog Training Tools, Maryland Dog Training
Failure Stacking in Dog Training: How Overcoming Mistakes Leads to Lasting Success 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...
by lkaim | 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...
by lkaim | Jan 6, 2025 | Dog Trainers, Dogs, How to train a dog, Maryland Dog Training
Every successful dog training strategy starts with aligning desire with ability and the willingness to make honest effort. Nothing succeeds where any one of these points fails. If an owner is not prepared to make sacrifices to assure success, they can certainly pay...
by lkaim | Dec 27, 2024 | Dog Trainers, Dog Training Anecdotes, Dog Training Tools, Ethics in dog training, How to train a dog, Maryland Dog Training
Several years ago, a friend of mine messaged me privately about the phrase “Old School”. I thought on it a while; contemplated the meaning behind the words, context, semantics, you get the drift. Most of the time these days, it’s delivered in a...
