Blazing Trails K9 Academy
Blazing Trails K9 Academy
Real cases, honest advice, and forty years of watching dogs and their people — no fluff, no filler.
Thinking about getting into bite sport? Here's what nobody tells you about the ten-to-fourteen-year commitment behind those incredible trial videos.
Read the post →There is no foolproof way to find a good dog trainer. Here's how to ask better questions than most people ask, and give yourself a fighting chance.
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A dog trainer with forty years of experience on why dog parks are more complicated than they look -- from personal experience and years of watching from the outside.
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Dominance in dogs is real, but it isn't what most people think. Here's a more nuanced picture from forty years of watching dogs interact.
Read the post →Before I ever meet your dog, I already know quite a bit about him -- here's what happens in that first conversation, and why it matters.
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What bad training advice really costs your dog -- real cases of well-meaning advice that made things worse, and what to do instead.
Read the post →10 years ago, if you had asked if virtual training was a good option to help you with your dog, I might have laughed. Here's what changed my mind.
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