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How To Help Your Dog Get Along at The Dog Park
Spring is here so it’s that time again when folks are going to be taking their dogs to dog parks! Here’s a terrific video that you may not have seen from Korean dog trainer June Kim! We think you will learn a lot from watching it.
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Dog Trainer on a Mission to Help Vets with PTSD
Dennis Fehling, CPDT-KA, CBATI, of Friends for Life Dog Training in Redmond, Oregon, who is passionate about giving back and helping veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). He and his wife Pam Bigoni worked with a program called “Battle Buddies” in Oregon, training veterans and their service dogs.
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The Modern Dog Trainer
There’s a blog called The MODERN DOG TRAINER that’s well worth checking out – Wow… does it have some great information for dog trainers! Founded in 2014 by Ines Gaschot, CPDT-KA and assisted by 9 contributing editors who are also dog trainers, The Modern Dog Trainer’s mission is to bring the dog training industry…
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Outdoor Training Games in Oregon
I’m excited about my next podcast interview with dog trainer Dina Pavlis of Surf City Dog Training! Dina trains in Florence, Oregon which from Googling it, it looks like a beautiful part of our country! Pacific Coast, sand dunes, pine trees, rivers… wow! Above is a picture of Dina and one of her dogs. She’s…
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Certifications for Dog Trainers – One of the First
CAN YOU NAME THE FIRST PROFESSIONAL DOG TRAINER ORGANIZATION TO GIVE CERTIFICATIONS (post 1960’s that is…) The Society of North American Dog Trainers (SNADT). Have you heard of it? Probably not. Steve Diller, the wonderful trainer whom I studied with, told me about it as he had been its President in 1991. Many of the…
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The People End of Dog Training
Have you ever had trouble with the people end of dog training? Difficult or uncomfortable situations with clients – when you feel that you’re just not getting your message across to the owners? You’ve got to listen to THE DOG TRAINERS CONNECTION PODCAST interview that we’re posting on Friday, 11/6! I interviewed Colleen Demling, CPDT-KA,…