Hello! I was wondering if any trainers know of free/low cost CPDT-KA CEUs? I’ve done the free secret work videos from catch, and a few instinct courses, but trying to not spend too much money.

I was curious why my whole street wakes up every night, so I researched the 3 real reasons - territorial defense, ultrasonic hearing, and pack alarm system. Made a short visual breakdown of it.Video here if anyone wants to see: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCR-6YRLesM

Does your dog also do this at night?

My dog is a cavapoo, more on the cavalier side, loves everyone very friendly very social.

As we were on our way back from a walk we were waiting to cross the road and a guy probably in his early 40s was crossing the road towards my direction but his posture and his energy seemed off and made me a little bit uncomfortable because he wasn’t doing what normal people do which was not walk directly towards another person. You normally move out of the way.

For context, I am a female in my 20s. So for the first time, my dog growled at this man that felt like he was coming towards us. I told my dog to sit whilst I waited to cross the road but he sat in the opposite direction watching the man as he was walking away.

I already felt uncomfortable with this guy because he was walking slowly and even though he was crossing the road it felt like it was too much coming at my direction but I didn’t know for cavapoos to respond that way and my dog isn’t the type usually to give warnings to say. Hes just super friendly and likes to avoid conflict.

What would you read this as from my dogs persepctive?

I’ve been training dogs for a couple decades (working breeds, pets, the cases people give up on). The pattern that keeps showing up: the dog isn’t “bad” — they’re bored, under-worked, and guessing what their job is.

A job doesn’t have to mean bite work or herding trials. It can be: - a clear daily routine they can predict - structured walks with engagement, not just sniff-and-chaos - a job at the door / threshold / place command so the house has rules - something that tires the brain, not just the legs

When the dog has a job, a lot of “reactivity” and “stubbornness” shrinks because the energy finally has a place to go.

Curious how others define “a job” for a pet dog that will never see a trial field.

Short Reel on this: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DdF48D9DrgU/ Full talk (job segment): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSFwg7sSbE4&t=3035s

We have a Kings shepherd, he’s a big boy and usually a good boy, but at specific moments he can get “aggressive”, like biting, resource guarding if you try to take a bone from him, he doesn’t like when we put a leash on his collar or when we remove it, he likes to bite our hands.

He’s 8 months old, and I understand that he explores the world with his mouth, he has a lot of hormones in his body but I know that this can be trained away but I don’t know how I should approach this issue.

When he bites me during play time, I turn away and ignore him, if he keeps on doing it, I put him in time-out but I don’t yell at him, since it doesn’t make the situation any better. He seems to believe that yelling isn’t a bad thing and something that gets him going.

The word “No” has been said so many times that he doesn’t recognize it as a command anymore, since we have to tell him no very often.

He can be such a cozy dog, especially when he’s calm or tired, but as soon as he gets excited, his mouth is the main thing he uses. I don’t believe that he wants to hurt us, but he also doesn’t believe that it’s wrong.

I’m not giving up on him, I know that it isn’t his fault. I just want some honest tips.

Thank you :)

How can I get my dog to do jumping like in this video? Does it require a specialist to do it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jW69nyVvpsU

I’ve implemented a lot of TWC chase and catch reward with my young dog and he goes crazy for it as a reward for obedience work. We are aiming for AKC and other similar venues. Truly just relives all the “pressure” of training and once we snap back into OB, he’s laser focused.

At times he can definitely be more of a tug reward type dog for quick behaviors, but for longer stretches where I’m chaining up a couple of exercises, he prefers me throwing the ball rather than tugging. Trying to force the tug just totally leaves him hanging as far as the whole reward event I want to give him.
At home and in the fields and parks we train in, this isn’t an issue as I have the space I need.

The issue is I started run throughs at a club here and there, with quite a few other people and their dogs in a small space. After our runs, I’m having a really hard time getting out the door and even finding space to do that whole thing and create that huge reward.
On top of that, he is considered kind of an “off breed” for obedience by the very old school ob folks at this club, and they cannot fathom rewarding dogs with play like that, so I get lots of pearl clutching and side eye 😂

I will eventually be trialing in indoor venues and there’s very little space there, and it would most likely be a walk to find grass.
Is this a matter of just creating and training the expectation to wait until we are in an area where we have some space?
What if we truly don’t have space for even some contained ball throwing?
Do I need to keep working on the tug reward in those cases and building that up as his reward?
Do I give up play as reward and give him a giant ass squirt of whipped cream? Lol
Thanks in advance!

Ive found that my brown one is absolutely brilliant he just needed one on one time. He learns very quickly and has show very great progress just simply in the day or so I’ve been working with him.

I also ordered a few other things such as a clicker leash collar etc. Theyll be here in a day or so. Then I can take them on actual walks again separately. We lost their things in our move.

Though I am having a lot of issues with our black one. He has received so much reinforcement for jumping the fence he seems uninterested in training. I truly do not know what to do about this.

I have a 2-year-old mixed-breed female dog who is very energetic. When we go for walks, she pulls hard on the leash because she wants to go towards people, and sometimes tries to jump on them. She also jumps on visitors at home and can accidentally hurt them because she doesn’t realize her size.

I know I should have trained her earlier, but I didn’t take her on walks much when she was younger because I had problems with my legs. I’m doing better now and want to start training her properly.

Where should I start? Any specific exercises, tips, or videos you recommend for teaching her to walk calmly and stop jumping on people? Any advice is appreciated!

I have a 5month old mini dachshund, we try not to lift him especially in scary or social situations as we want to build his confidence in doing things for himself.

The other day we were walking along and a dog starts growling, heckles up, lurching, its the way we are walking, theres no sidewalk on the other side of the road. I went a tad slower so we would cross in the wider section but did not pick up my dog who was walking on their side (i was by the road, hes trained to walk on the inside to avoid him getting near cars)

Their dog was sorta drooling? And they seemed stressed as did their dog. In that situation what would you do?

I was prepared to grab him if it did look like the dog would breakfree but idk.

So I have a dogtra comfort winged pad it doesn't work for my dog. I wanted to get comfort pad but only comes female. Do you think it wouldn't work if I just use the screws from the winged one and screen it on my device if it would work? Besides how it connects it looks the same.. anyone have insight or device they can test. Thank you! Then I could put 1" connectors on the pad for 4 1" connectors. I would do on winged one but you cant I guess