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A Beginner’s Guide to Off-Leash Reliability: Building Trust, Focus, and Freedom
Want to hike and explore with your dog off leash? Learn how to build reliable off-leash behavior using attention, leave it, and recall!
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How to Train Your Dog for Camping: Tips for Calm, Reliable Adventure Dogs
Train your dog for camping adventures! Learn check-ins, “leave it,” settle, and leash skills for calm, reliable off-leash behavior outdoors.
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Hyper to Hiking Buddy: How to Channel Your Dog’s Energy for Adventure
Got a high-energy dog? Learn how to turn your wild, overexcited pup into a calm, focused trail partner. Espresso Dog Training shows you how to go from chaos to connection using positive reinforcement.
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5 Skills Your Dog Needs Before Visiting Dog-Friendly Restaurants or Breweries
Imagine: You’re sitting outdoors, enjoying a cup of coffee or a beer with your friends. The conversation is flowing, you’re having a good time, your friends are having a good time. And your dog is lying quietly and politely under the table – no leash pulling, no barking, no begging, just politely waiting until you’re…
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“Rev Up, Cool Down” – Teaching Your Dog How To Chill Out
If you’ve got a high-energy dog who’s constantly on the go, you know the struggle—how do you help them learn to calm down without squashing their personality? In my previous post, HELP! My Dog Will Not Settle Down! I went over how to teach an automatic “settle.” This is helpful for times when your dog…
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Mistakes Happen – it’s okay!
In the video above, I confuse the heck out of Ember! You can tell she’s confused based on her behavior here – she’s looking away, she’s jumping up too high, and wrapping her paws around my arm. All of these signals indicate she doesn’t know what I want. Even if you feel like a failure…
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3 Common Dog Training Myths
There are so many myths out there about dog training. Go to Google and type in anything you want to learn about training your dog, and you’ll see plenty of advice that is just… not correct. There is a lot of good advice, too, but you have to wade through a lot of garbage to…
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More Tips For Bitey & Mouthy Dogs
I’ve written about this previously in my post Ouch! My Puppy is Biting Me! but I wanted to add a few more tips for dealing with dogs or puppies who are really bitey. This is strictly for dogs who are play-biting, NOT for dogs biting out of fear or aggression. A lot of the puppies…
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Find It Game
This game is awesome, and pretty easy to start. It doesn’t require too much work at all, but it can be very useful. Your dog’s nose is a powerful organ. But more than that, sniffing can actually help relax your dog’s brain. That makes the Find It Game useful for dogs who are more fearful.…
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