Tag: Firewheel
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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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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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HELP! My Dog Will Not Settle Down!
Does your dog seem like they’re powered by espresso shots? Do they pace around, react to every little sound, and seem to never stop moving? You’re not alone—and good news: there’s a skill you can teach to help them learn how to settle and relax, even in busy environments. Some dogs naturally relax more easily…
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Markers in Dog Training
A video to follow along with this post is coming and will be linked here. To put it simply, Marker Training is a training methodology that uses words or sounds to mark or bring attention to a very specific behavior. There are both reward markers and no-reward markers – or NRMs. Reward Markers:A Reward Marker…
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My TOP 3 Most Important Behaviors!
You just brought your brand new dog home. Whether you just purchased or adopted a puppy or an adult, you’re probably wondering, Where do I start? Well, this post is designed to help you answer that question! Of course, this is purely my own opinion, and you may find other trainers suggest other behaviors. We’re…
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3 Games That Work Your Dog’s Brain
If you’ve already read my previous post on Mental vs. Physical Exercise, then you already know that I’m a huge fan of mental exercise! In other words, I’m a big fan of anything that really works out your dog’s brain. The reasons why are listed in the above post, but I’ll quickly list them here…
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