THE DOGKIND BLOG
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In this week's video, I show you how to teach your dog to stay on their mat around distractions. This is the follow up to last week's Beginning Mat Training video. Be sure to comple...
Many of you have asked how to start walking your reactive dog with your other dog(s), after you’ve done some training with your reactive pup on their own. In Part 1 of this series, ...
Walking two dogs together when one is reactive can be a challenge. In Part 1 of this series, we covered training steps you can practice out on walks when you have two people to work...
We asked those of you in our free Facebook support group for your top questions about training your reactive dog, and you were happy to help! So this week we have an assorted collec
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You’ve been been working hard with your reactive dog, and you think you’re ready to try walking them with your second dog. Congrats!  (If you're not there yet, check out our online, ...
The students in our online reactive dog program, the Reactive Dog Survival Guide, often have more than one dog at home. Once their reactive dog has improved on walks, a common questi
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Last week we talked about one reason your training with treats might not be working. Your dog can be motivated to work for treats, and to bark and growl to make something go away,
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Recently we talked about what to do if your dog won’t eat treats in training sessions. But what if your dog WILL eat, but treats aren’t working to change their behavior? If your dog...
Do you dream of relaxing hikes with your reactive dog, but you’re not sure if it’s in the cards?  In this week’s video we talked about how to tell if your reactive or fearful dog is ...
Do you have trouble getting your family or friends to follow instructions around your fearful dog? Â
Last week we talked about human behaviors that are scary to fearful dogs. Stari
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Do you have a fearful dog who isn’t food motivated? If your dog won’t eat treats around new people, there are changes to your training setup, including to the behavior of the humans
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You want to use positive reinforcement to train your fearful or reactive dog to behave better around unfamiliar people. But, your dog isn’t food motivated! They won’t eat when peop
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