Koinonia Dogs’ Blog
Surviving Puppy Biting: Leash Biting
As a professional dog trainer, I don’t think I’ve ever worked with a puppy client who didn’t need help with biting. Puppy biting is seldom aggressive, but it’s always present and always a problem.
Learn what to do when your puppy bites the leash.
Surviving Puppy Biting: Stop Biting My Feet!
As a professional dog trainer, I don’t think I’ve ever worked with a puppy client who didn’t need help with biting. Puppy biting is seldom aggressive, but it’s always present and always a problem.
Learn how to stop your puppy from biting your feet.
Surviving Puppy Biting: Structured Play for Puppies
As a professional dog trainer, I don’t think I’ve ever worked with a puppy client who didn’t need help with biting. Puppy biting is seldom aggressive, but it’s always present and always a problem.
Survive puppy biting by learning how to play with your puppy in a way that minimizes biting and maximizes good behavior.
Surviving Puppy Biting: Puppies and Kids
Surviving puppy biting. As a professional dog trainer, I don’t think I’ve ever worked with a puppy client who didn’t need help with biting. Puppy biting is seldom aggressive, but it’s always present and always a problem.
Learn what you can do to stop your puppy from biting your kids.
Must-Have Skills for Shopping with Your Dog
Enjoy the time with your dog and avoid embarrassment with these must-have skills for shopping with your dog!
Training Your Dog to Be A Therapy Dog: It's a Team Sport
Therapy work is a team sport, and like any team event, all the members need to be enthusiastic and thoroughly equipped participants.
Have you asked your dog if he’s excited about being a therapy dog?
What Board and Train Taught Me About Dog Training
Being a professional dog trainer doesn’t mean I’ve stopped learning. Here’s what 13 dogs in 14 months taught me about dog trianing.
How to Fix Counter-Surfing
Counter-Surfing is what happens when the dog put his paws (either front two or all four) on counters or tables in search of food, dishes, paper, etc. It’s a very irritating problem made even more difficult with modern, open-style floor plans.
How do we fix it?
Why I Say No to Shock, Prong, and Chain Collars
Science aside, I believe this debate ultimately comes down to philosophy: either you’re okay changing behavior via discomfort or you’re not.
Personally, I’m not.
5 Reasons Your Dog Isn't Listening to You
Get to the root of your dog’s listening and obedience problem.