Back in 2023, I signed up for a webinar delivered by Mari Valgma through the Fenzi Dog Sports Academy. It was called 'Discover how Movement Puzzles boost your dog's confidence'. I'd seen a little about them before then, but this was my first formal introduction. Not long after that, I went on to join the Movement Puzzles Academy and have continued as an active member ever since. I had previously been introduced to Vito's game (by Susan Garrett), and like many other people thought that...

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 areas; writing,...

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 dog with BIG toy...