by Neil | Aug 20, 2007 | Fundamentals
One of the fundamentals of natural dog training technique is a style of food work that we call "pushing". By now, if you've read the other dog training articles (and please do, since they've been leading up to this moment), you understand that our goal with our dogs...
by Neil | Aug 13, 2007 | Fundamentals
Sometimes it feels as if there is an overwhelming amount to learn about our dogs. We'll be getting more and more in depth as this blog continues, but I wanted to take a moment and distill some of my thoughts about what is absolutely ESSENTIAL information for people...
by Neil | Aug 8, 2007 | Fundamentals
One of the most common questions I'm asked as a dog trainer is "how do I control my dog when they're off leash?" Well, if you're ASKING the question you should know that the answer is obvious - you can't! At least you won't be able to until you've done a lot more...
by Neil | Aug 6, 2007 | Fundamentals
We've talked about how our dogs are primarily responding to the emotional energy in the world around them. We've also addressed how a dog needs to be relaxed in order to deal with this energy in a healthy manner (by letting it flow through them), since a physically...
by Neil | Aug 2, 2007 | Fundamentals
So we've talked a little bit about our dogs and the prey/predator dynamic at work in their lives. One of the central premises of Natural Dog Training is that our dogs feel the world and respond to that feeling, long before they have a chance to "think" about what's...
by Neil | Jul 27, 2007 | Fundamentals
In the Abundance Mindset, Steve Pavlina talks about the “outrage script” – which essentially is the mindset where you judge others for spending what you might consider to be “outrageous” sums of money on “extravagances” (such as a $10,000 hotel room). He goes on to...
