Most people find it surprising when I tell them that dog training is an unregulated industry. Anyone can make up a business card, website or social media account and say they are a professional dog trainer, and there is no one out there waiting to call them out for being dishonest, or possibly even dangerous. Think about it: your plumber is licensed, your massage therapist is licensed, even your baby-sitter probably has at least a course in CPR. Yet the dog training profess

Like so many people right now, I often open my eyes in the morning wondering if COVID-19 is just a bad dream. Maybe this will be the day that life can go back to normal? Whatever normal is. We, not only as a nation, but as a global community are in the hot seat right now. How do we make meaningful changes to our lives, how do we come together as one to be kinder, gentler, more tolerant and less divisive? What is the message here? This is a conversation that will continue for

The topic of equipment with respect to dog training has always been a very hot button issue. Decades ago, it was commonplace to put a choke chain (a metal chain collar that puts pressure on the dog’s throat when he/she pulls) around the dog’s neck and head out for a walk. Then we ramped it up to a prong collar (metal spikes that go into the dog’s neck when he/she pulls) and now we are seeing even more shock collars used out in the world to manage behavior from a distance. I k