The Quadrants of Dog Training are Nonsense
The Motivation Matrix I’ve wanted to tackle the famous quadrants of dog training for a while. So here goes. I can’t avoid getting a bit technical in places, but I’ll minimise it as much...
Stop Trying To Fix The Dog.
The Motivation Matrix I’ve wanted to tackle the famous quadrants of dog training for a while. So here goes. I can’t avoid getting a bit technical in places, but I’ll minimise it as much...
A few thoughts from James French who founded the trust technique, and some follow on thoughts from me. “We are so fixated on trying to fix the behaviour that often another [unwanted] behaviour comes...
Leashes prevent leadership. This is not a blog advocating for just abandoning leashes. So discard that notion now. There are two events I’d like to discuss: The first, I was walking Rollo in the...
The trust based relationship Something occurred to me the other day whilst reading something about the history of my breed, the Tibetan Mastiff. It’s an ancient breed, potentially as old 58,000 years when DNA...