Did you know that dogs should get about 30 minutes of mental enrichment a day? While there are many ways to add enrichment into your dog’s day, one of our favorite things to do is to prepare a yummy enrichment treat for dogs to enjoy. These are great for a number of reasons we love...

The holidays are a wild time for all of us, regardless if you are traveling or hosting. Your typical routines are gone, and when your routines change, your dog’s routines do as well. Luckily, there are a number of ways that you can prepare your dog(s) and set them up for success this holiday season....

A bored dog often results in problematic behaviors. I'm talking about things like barking, destruction, digging, chewing, etc. that often happen when our dogs are bored! So, what can we do to keep dogs from getting bored? In the video below, I'm going to give you five ways to minimize your dog's boredom (plus 2...

While bringing home a new dog is always exciting, it’s easy to get swept up in the moment and forget that it’s a major change – both for the dog you are bringing home and the dog(s) you already have at home. Introducing a new puppy to your dog is an important step in getting...

Whether you have experienced it first hand, have heard stories from friends, or seen videos, most of us are all too familiar with dogs counter surfing. Maybe you left your popcorn on the coffee table (like Trevor did in this video), or you left your breakfast on the counter and ran in another room and...

Ahh prey drive, the thing our dogs are born with that can make life slightly complicated. Many people find themselves wondering, should I try to reduce my dog's prey drive, or should I be using it? In this episode, we'll dive into what prey drive is, whether you should try to reduce it, and how...

You’ve probably heard once or twice that the key to a happy and healthy dog is enrichment. But what does that really mean? How do you know if you’re doing it right? We get a lot of questions from pup parents in our community wanting to learn more about dog enrichment to make sure they’re...

Jumping. On counters, on people, on other dogs, you name it. Jumping can be a very difficult thing to get your dog to stop doing. We’ll cover more on counter-surfing in a later video in this Dog Training POV Series, but right now we will talk about greeting behaviors and jumping. In the video, Trevor...

While mental enrichment can feel like a fun 'buzzword', it's important to know what research has shown about mental exercise for dogs! In this episode, I give a synopsis and my opinions on research done by Lidewij L.Schipper (amongst others) in 2008. Here's a link to the article where you can learn more about the...

Whether you are at the beginning of your dog training journey or in the middle, using dog hand signals can help so much when it comes to training your pup! Today we’re going to dive into dog training hand signals: why you should use them, some common ones to teach your dog, and how to...