If your toddler tried to stick a screw driver into an electrical socket, you would remove the screw driver and cover the electrical socket until the child is educated enough to behave safely in the environment. How come management and education are our first choices with children but not with dogs? All too often, I see owners put unrealistic expectations onto their dogs, leading to poor choices and failure. When the dog fails, the owners react with punishment rather than chan

Winston is an adolescent lab who gets very excited when his dog walkers arrive to take him for a run in the forest. He has been known to continuously jump up and whine while the walkers enter and wrestle the harness onto him. As you may suspect, many nose bleeds have occurred! We were called in to teach Winston what behaviour to offer instead when the walkers arrive. He now needs to sit in order for the door to open, for his harness to be put on, and for the door to re-open t