Content Library Jump to: Q&A Replays AllWorkshopsRoadmaps and Quick Start GuidesTutorials Rescue Dog Roadmap Emergency Quick Start Guide (Puppy Survival School) Putting It All Together (Puppy Survival School) How to Resolve Practically Any Annoying Behavior Problem (part 1) How to Resolve Practically Any Annoying Behavior Problem (part 2) Poisoned Cues and Poisoned Food: Common Mistakes That Screw Up Your Training (Halloween Special) Baby Cujo Surviving Your Puppy's Crazy Energy Beyond Treats Bootcamp Quick Tutorial: the "All Done" Cue Mat Training 101 Load More Q&A Replays Can you teach a puppy to be okay doing nothing? Plus how to make walks with a teenage puppy more pleasant – Q&A 2/24/24 PART 2 Recall tips, separation anxiety, resource guarding against cats, and more – Q&A 2/24/24 PART 1 My puppy doesn’t always listen. What does that say about our bond? Plus building off-lead reliability – Q&A 2/3/24 PART 2 Chicken-chasing and cat-chasing, reducing alert barking, and getting back into training after having a baby – Q&A 2/3/24 PART 1 Tips for training reliable recalls and a reliable Drop It cue, getting your distracted dog to listen to you – Q&A January 20, 2024 PART 4 When your puppy wants to wake up too early in the morning – Q&A January 20, 2024 PART 3 Countersurfing, teenage puppy problems, creating harmony between a new puppy and older dog Q&A January 20, 2024 PART 2 Holding on for dear life: dogs who pull and go nuts on their leash or longline Q&A January 20, 2024 PART 1 “All our best Q&As get existential and weird.” How to navigate when there are SO MANY THINGS you could/should train your dog – Q&A January 6, 2024 Managing overarousal/hyper teenage dog behavior. Should you ignore them when they jump? Q&A December 9, 2023 What does “stress” mean, anyway? Plus the affect of spay/neuter on behavior, teen puppy biting regression, and more – Q&A 11/24/23 Tips for raising your teenage dog (for the love of God, don’t do these things) Q&A November 5, 2023 PART 3 Predation: Will giving my dog outlets for predatory instincts turn him into a super killer? (plus building duration for mat training) Q&A November 5, 2023 PART 2 My puppy got bitten by another dog, “letting dogs work it out themselves,” establishing boundaries with people, dog has started peeing in crate – Q&A November 5, 2023 PART 1 The Halloween Special: Common mistakes that poison your training and your relationship with your dog Separation anxiety, tail chasing, leash pulling, getting a new dog to sleep through the night – Q&A October 15, 2023 Fading food rewards, the light at the end of the puppy biting tunnel, and the messy reality of dog life – Q&A October 1, 2023 Cat-chasing dogs, puppies picking up things on walks, does my independent dog love me? Q&A September 16, 2023 Puppy harassing cats, how critical is the “critical socialization window,” changing our name?? Q&A September 2, 2023 Do I have to walk my dog every day? Plus annoying teenage puppies, dogs eating mud and more – Q&A August 12, 2023 Does finding a dog trainer suck as bad as finding a mechanic? Q&A July 22, 2023 Troubles training Drop It: low food-motivated dog won’t drop stuff he shouldn’t have – Q&A July 1, 2023 PART 3 Loose leash training a distractible puppy, teaching a dog to close the door – Q&A July 1, 2023 PART 2 Leash training a dog distracted by smells, barky puppies, getting dogs to not pester you all the time – Q&A July 1, 2023 PART 1 Surprise puppy biting attacks, adjusting to a new baby, what to do on day 1 with new pup – Q&A June 11, 2023
Can you teach a puppy to be okay doing nothing? Plus how to make walks with a teenage puppy more pleasant – Q&A 2/24/24 PART 2
My puppy doesn’t always listen. What does that say about our bond? Plus building off-lead reliability – Q&A 2/3/24 PART 2
Chicken-chasing and cat-chasing, reducing alert barking, and getting back into training after having a baby – Q&A 2/3/24 PART 1
Tips for training reliable recalls and a reliable Drop It cue, getting your distracted dog to listen to you – Q&A January 20, 2024 PART 4
Countersurfing, teenage puppy problems, creating harmony between a new puppy and older dog Q&A January 20, 2024 PART 2
Holding on for dear life: dogs who pull and go nuts on their leash or longline Q&A January 20, 2024 PART 1
“All our best Q&As get existential and weird.” How to navigate when there are SO MANY THINGS you could/should train your dog – Q&A January 6, 2024
Managing overarousal/hyper teenage dog behavior. Should you ignore them when they jump? Q&A December 9, 2023
What does “stress” mean, anyway? Plus the affect of spay/neuter on behavior, teen puppy biting regression, and more – Q&A 11/24/23
Tips for raising your teenage dog (for the love of God, don’t do these things) Q&A November 5, 2023 PART 3
Predation: Will giving my dog outlets for predatory instincts turn him into a super killer? (plus building duration for mat training) Q&A November 5, 2023 PART 2
My puppy got bitten by another dog, “letting dogs work it out themselves,” establishing boundaries with people, dog has started peeing in crate – Q&A November 5, 2023 PART 1
Separation anxiety, tail chasing, leash pulling, getting a new dog to sleep through the night – Q&A October 15, 2023
Fading food rewards, the light at the end of the puppy biting tunnel, and the messy reality of dog life – Q&A October 1, 2023
Cat-chasing dogs, puppies picking up things on walks, does my independent dog love me? Q&A September 16, 2023
Puppy harassing cats, how critical is the “critical socialization window,” changing our name?? Q&A September 2, 2023
Do I have to walk my dog every day? Plus annoying teenage puppies, dogs eating mud and more – Q&A August 12, 2023
Troubles training Drop It: low food-motivated dog won’t drop stuff he shouldn’t have – Q&A July 1, 2023 PART 3
Loose leash training a distractible puppy, teaching a dog to close the door – Q&A July 1, 2023 PART 2
Leash training a dog distracted by smells, barky puppies, getting dogs to not pester you all the time – Q&A July 1, 2023 PART 1
Surprise puppy biting attacks, adjusting to a new baby, what to do on day 1 with new pup – Q&A June 11, 2023