How to Walk Your Dog: Doggy Dan Golden Rule #5
The best way to know how to walk a dog is to understand this crucial principle: In every walk, there’s a follower, and a leader. And most of the time, the leader is NOT you. JOIN MY FREE REACTIVITY CLASS “What do you mean, Dan? Are you saying that even if I hold the leash, […]
Doggy Dan Five Golden Rules: Rule #2 is Delaying Acknowledgement
Rule Number Two of the Doggy Dan Five Golden Rules always surprises dog owners who are new to the concept. If viewed through the lens of human psychology, Rule Number Two can make any dog owner go “But oh, isn’t that going to hurt my dog’s feelings?” After all, Rule Number Two is about delaying […]
The Amazing Animal-Human Connection, with Carl Safina
Listen above or on iTunes / Spotify (Tap the subscribe button – it’s free and keeps you updated!) Today’s Guest CARL SAFINA — Ecologist, Author, and Advocate for Planet Earth My guest today is Carl Safina, leading ecologist, author, and advocate for all living things. He’s written numerous insightful books exploring our human relationships with the living world, and […]
My Dog Bit Me: What to Do If Your Dog Bites
In this blog, you will learn the answer to the question, “My dog bit me. What do I do?” Doggy Dan shares the most effective strategies on how to approach a dog with a biting problem. “Doggy Dan, my dog bit me. Is there hope? Should I worry? What do I do next? Dog owners, […]
What Training Dogs Has Taught Me about Parenting
Have you ever looked at your dog, then at your child, and thought to yourself, “I wonder how similar raising a children is to training a dog?” I have! In fact, after a decade of training over 3,000 dogs, owning 4 dogs, and having two human children of my own, I ended up writing a […]
Training Aggressive Dogs: Understanding Dominant and Fearful Aggression
In this blog, you’ll learn that training aggressive dogs is much more productive when you set certain training rules in place. I’ll be sharing the strategies that worked for more than 100,000 dog owners. Over the years as a professional dog trainer, I’ve worked with thousands of unruly and aggressive dogs who react aggressively to other dogs. […]
A New Approach to Dog Training That Both Dogs and Owners Love
Over the years, dog training techniques have begun to evolve in a very positive manner. Now it’s time to take that evolution one step further! First, I think it’s great that there are a lot more people making the transition from yank and crank training (an awful way to train a canine) to a more […]
My Journey To Becoming a Dog Trainer and Behaviorist – Now You Can Do It Too…
I was rapidly heading towards my 40’s… and knew it was time to make the jump to becoming a professional dog trainer and behaviorist. Until then, I’d been sitting behind a desk with a career in middle management… a lifetime of helping my team sell as many cases of wine into supermarkets as possible. I’m […]
