The Modern Dog Trainer Blog
5 Must-Haves For A Seminar
As a modern dog trainer, you most likely enjoy furthering your education via seminars. They are even better when you can score a working spot with your dog. But it is important to remember some essential supplies for both you and your dog to ensure you both have a...
Energy Spent Is Energy Spent: Why Bickering And Arguing Helps No One
The New Social Platform Gone are the days of mailers, a back page newspaper brief, university class, or waiting for the monthly journal to arrive a-la-mailbox for the latest training buzz from the top world instructor. Access to millions of bits of intellectual...
How Mobile Payment Apps Are Helping Dog Trainers Succeed
Time is money – all dog trainers know that. In the old days, for trainers to get paid, clients would have to lug around cash or checks to a training session. That required your clients to have to remember to withdraw cash, or bring their check book. And often times...
Chat Time Interview With Karen Deeds, CDBC Of Canine Connection
Who Is Karen Deeds? I do Facebook interviews with animal trainers, behaviourists and other professionals. I met up with Karen Deeds CDBC to chat about how she approaches aggression in dogs. Karen Deeds became a Certified Dog Behavior Consultant, with the International...
The First Ever Force-Free Dog Training Summit
The Pet Professional Guild’s (PPG) inaugural educational convention is taking place in Tampa, Florida on November 11-13, 2015. Professional dog trainers with a strong conviction in their belief in force-free dog training will gather to learn about science-based...
5 Behaviors To Teach A Dog With PICA
I live with a dog that has PICA. I am here to tell you that when a client says their dog eats rocks, sticks, just about everything, address it like it is PICA instead of it's a puppy who will outgrow it. I never had experienced this disease until I got my second...
Unique Ways To Use Household Tools For Your Training Bag
Let’s face it. In the market place there are countless gadgets for trainers and dog-owners alike. However, over the years, I’ve found some of the best tools hiding away are in arms reach right at home. A skilled trainer has the ability to resource from the environment...
Teaming Up With A Rescue
At some point in a dog trainer's career, they are going to get approached by a rescue asking to work with them for a discount. How do you decide if this is a wise decision? Are You Willing? This is the often the hardest decision. Are you willing to discount your...
THE “D” WORD
What does art, the written word, Martial Arts, yoga, or music have in common? The “D” word. A word that so often in the world we generally use in terms of punishment; but not today. Today I’m going to speak about practice, or rather: Discipline. Anything anyone...
5 Must Have WordPress Plugins for Dog Trainers Websites
You've got your WordPress website set up and now you want to add some bells and whistles. Here are the 5 Must Have plugins to get you - and keep you - up and running. Useful WordPress Plugins for Dog Trainers Websites Security You many not think your little local dog...
Product Review – Ruffwear Omnijore Joring System
As a dog trainer, you probably spend a great deal of your time teaching dogs not to pull on leash. But in some situations, pulling is perfectly fine. However, if you are going to allow a dog to pull with strength, they need to be in a well-fitting harness, and you...
5 Smart Business Partnerships To Build
As a modern dog trainer, we are always looking for ways to expand our training and make it fun for our clients. Dogs are becoming a bigger part of our community, and we are looking for many different ways to include our furry friends in our lives. Consider teaming up...
5 Great WordPress Themes for Dog Trainers Websites
You've realized your website needs an upgrade and have decided to use Wordpress to build it. One of the cool things about Wordpress is you get to start with a template. Templates are basically a design framework that allow you to plug your own photos and text into and...
What Would You Do? A Series on Dog Trainer Ethics
Ethics in the dog training industry is a major area of conflict. Ethics surrounds a variety of topics including relationships between trainers, professionalism, client relations, and, of course, training methods. In this article, some of the professional dog trainers...
3 Reasons to Avoid Giving Your Dog Training Clients Discounts
As small business owners, we're always looking to acquire new dog training clients. Discounts are a popular option that we think you'd better avoid. 1. Dog Training Clients Who Compare Prices Are Not The Right Clients For You In reality, clients who are looking for...
4 Reasons Why This Is The ONE Tool You Need To Run Your Dog Training Business
The majority of dog trainers run their business out of their car. They are always on the road going from home to home. We use a variety of tools to track our clients' progress, send invoices, and schedule lessons or day training. Some of those tools include notebooks,...
4 Reasons Why This Clicker Will Revolutionize The Way You Clicker Train Dogs
Clickers are absolutely wonderful to help dogs and their owners communicate effectively and quickly. They make the dog's learning process easier, but they can make things a bit more complicated for their owners. Presenting the Clicker Ring Josh Pitts, the founder and...
Introducing A New Cat To A Resident Dog
The old saying of "fighting like cats and dogs" does not have to be a reality. With a little bit of patience and management, your clients' dogs can learn to accept new cats into the household. Help your client work through these steps and soon they may have the joy...
5 Approaches To Teaching “Come”
It's a life saving behavior and one that needs to be taught like any other behavior. It is one of the most difficult behaviors to get reliably but it shouldn't have to be. With practice, patience, and consistency anyone can achieve a reliable recall. There are many...
3 Ways to Train An Impressive Heel
Teaching a dog to walk on leash seems to be one of the most difficult behavior for owners to accomplish with their dogs and it shouldn’t have to be. When it comes to walking the dog, the emphasis is on rewarding the dog for walking on a loose leash. This leaves a lot...
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