The Weekly High Five 🐾 Hey Reader,I got a text a last year around this time. It was one of those first real spring days, windows-down weather. A family I was working with had just gotten home from a walk with their dog. Three words: "He was wild." Pulling from the start. Spinning in circles. Barking at every dog they passed. They'd been looking forward to that walk all week. Figured he finally deserved the long outing he'd been missing all winter. By the time they got home, their pup couldn't...
17 days ago • 1 min read
The Weekly High Five 🐾 Hey Reader,Let's be real. Spring is here and you're about to spend a lot more time outside with your dog. Longer walks. Off-leash moments in the yard. Maybe a park visit. And right about now, a lot of families are realizing their recall isn't as solid as they thought. They call their dog. The dog hears them. And... does nothing. So they call again. "Come. Come. COME." And eventually, the dog wanders over. Here's the deal. This isn't a willingness problem. Your dog isn't...
24 days ago • 1 min read
The Weekly High Five 🐾 Hey Reader,A client came to me a few weeks ago, pretty defeated about her spring walks. Her dog was pulling, lunging at squirrels, basically dragging her down the block every single morning. But the thing she kept coming back to? "She stops to sniff everything. I can't get her to just walk." She'd been interrupting every sniff break to keep things moving. She thought the sniffing was the problem. It was actually the solution. Here's the deal. Sniffing is essentially...
about 1 month ago • 1 min read
The Weekly High Five 🐾 Hey Reader,I worked with a family last spring who came to me completely defeated. They'd been yelling "heel" and "leave it" for months. Bought the harness. Watched the YouTube videos. Tried every trick. Their dog still dragged them down the street every single walk. When I showed up and watched them walk for about 30 seconds, I saw exactly what was happening. And it wasn't a training problem. Their dog was so overstimulated the second they stepped outside that no...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
The Weekly High Five 🐾 One Quick Win 🙏 One Video to Watch 👀 One Post I Loved Hey Reader,5pm hits. Your dog goes from zero to chaos. Jumping. Barking. Zooming around. Demanding attention. Acting like they've lost their mind. You think it's just how they are. High energy. Bad behavior. Whatever. But here's the truth: chaos isn't personality. It's missing structure. Energy builds all day with nowhere to go. Then it spills over the second you stop being busy. This week I'm showing you how simple...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
The Weekly High Five 🐾 One Quick Win 🙏 One Video to Watch 👀 One Post I Loved Hey Reader,Your dog was doing great. Then something in your routine changed and suddenly they're barking more, chewing things they shouldn't, or acting like they forgot all their training. Sound familiar? Here's what's happening: dogs thrive on predictable routines. When your schedule shifts, even slightly, it throws them off. And mid-February? That's prime time for routine disruption. New work schedules, life...
about 2 months ago • 2 min read
The Weekly High Five 🐾 One Quick Win 🙏 One Video to Watch 👀 One Post I Loved Hey Reader,You call your dog. They look at you. Then they go right back to what they were doing. Frustrating, right? Here's the thing: recall isn't just about saying "come" louder or more times. There are actually five specific rules that determine whether your dog comes when called, and most people break at least three of them without realizing it.With the warmer weather for us cold States right around the corner....
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
The Weekly High Five 🐾 One Quick Win 🙏 One Video to Watch 👀 One Post I Loved Hey Reader,Your dog sees another dog on the walk. They lose their mind. Barking, lunging, pulling. You're embarrassed. Stressed. Avoiding certain routes. Walking at weird times just to dodge other dogs. Here's what you need to know: your dog probably isn't aggressive. They're stressed. And that stress is going right down the leash from you to them, making everything worse. This week, I'm sharing three tips that make...
2 months ago • 2 min read
The Weekly High Five 🐾 One Quick Win 🙏 One Video to Watch 👀 One Post I Loved Hey Reader,How many times a day do you say "no" to your dog? No jumping. No barking. No chewing that. No counter surfing. Here's the problem: constantly saying "no" doesn't teach your dog what TO do. It just tells them what NOT to do. And that leaves them confused, frustrated, and likely to keep doing the same things. This week I'm showing you how to flip your training approach from correction to direction, revealing...
2 months ago • 2 min read