by Kelly Cordell-Morris | 7 Dec, 2022 | Blog, Dog Training Science, Teaser posts, Training & Behaviour |
One of the things I get asked a lot is “do you want to see what happens when….”. It seems that many clients are desperate for me to see the problem behaviour in action. There is a belief that I need to see it to be able to help, or that maybe I won’t believe how bad...
by Kelly Cordell-Morris | 18 Jul, 2022 | Blog, Life With Dogs, Teaser posts, Training & Behaviour
It feels like it should be a simple thing, doesn’t it? To fix your dog’s behaviour problem, they “just” need to learn to come back when you call. Or they “just” need to learn they can’t bark and lunge at people you see on a walk. I get twitchy when I hear the...
by Kelly Cordell-Morris | 8 Dec, 2021 | Blog, Life With Dogs, Teaser posts, Training & Behaviour
I’m often asked if I will take dogs in and do the training for you. Residential training is not something I offer. There are lots of personal reasons for why I don’t. I believe if I was to offer this the dog would need to live with us at home. That means my dogs would...
by Kelly Cordell-Morris | 14 Jul, 2021 | Blog, Dog Training Lingo, Dog Training Science, Teaser posts, Training & Behaviour
There’s always a lot of discussion, or fighting sometimes, about ethics, ethos and methods like positive reinforcement and punishment in the dog training world. So much that it can become difficult to know what’s right or who’s talking the most sense. Right now...
by Kelly Cordell-Morris | 6 May, 2021 | Blog, Life With Dogs, Teaser posts, Training & Behaviour
“Comparison is the thief of joy” is attributed to several people including Theodore Roosevelt, which probably means it was someone else. Regardless of who said it first, I think I agree mostly. It probably depends on how you are doing the comparison. For...
by Kelly Cordell-Morris | 19 Mar, 2021 | Blog, Life With Dogs, Teaser posts, Training & Behaviour
We aren’t magic. Much as that would make our lives easier. But that’s a good thing because it means that anyone can learn to do what we do. Dog trainers get better results, or results more efficiently, because we’ve honed our skills over the years. The only...
