Whether we like it or not, AI is part of our lives now and is embedded into so many of the products and services we use on a day to day basis. Now of course, AI can't train our dogs (as in, physically get out there and do the training), but it can answer dog training questions. I believe. I've not actually asked it any as such🤷‍♀️ Which leads to the question of how I, as a dog trainer with online content, use AI in my business. I'm going to break this down into three main ar

Reinforcement strategies are one of my absolute passions when it comes to dog training; thinking about what to use, and when with each dog. It's a rabbit hole I went down nearly a decade ago, when it became clear that what I was doing with Ripley wasn't working. I talked about this in another blog post - Tug Isn't The Be All and End All . With Peak, I’m now having to consider a much more specific issue: what happens when the potential reward becomes too high stakes? Peak is a

When you’re looking for a trainer, behaviourist or other pet professional, I think it’s worth thinking about a few things. How do you feel after working with them? How does your dog feel? And here’s an important one that doesn’t get talked about nearly enough: what happens when you ask questions about their approach, or even say 'I don’t want to do that'? Anybody on my email list will probably recognise the subject line 'Boundaries'. Some of you may even have received that e

I don’t think I could get up from a chair these days without saying the word 'right' and slapping my thighs. I am very definitely British 🙈 My dogs have definitely noticed.