Dog Training Articles

Leash Selection & Safety, by Karen Palmer See photos and also a video on YouTube!
Emergency Pet Care Guide, by Karen Palmer If you travel with your dog, read this!
Where’s My Dog?, by Karen Palmer How to keep your dog safe / get a lost dog back.
Effective & Humane, by Roger Hild
Plan B - Kill the Dog, by Roger Hild
Methods vs Madness: Dog Trainers, Tools, Techniques, and Language, by Karen Palmer
Prevention and Alleviation of Noise Phobias in Dogs: by Karen Palmer
The Tether, the House Line, the Crate, the Tab, and Housetraining, by Karen Palmer
Selecting a Trainer, by Martin Deeley and Karen Palmer

Collars, by Karen Palmer Includes collar descriptions and photos! Two videos on our youtube page: management/ training tools

So, You Think You Want a Dog, by Karen Palmer
Dog Food Label Definitions - Know what’s in your dog’s food? Read this to find out.
When It Just Doesn’t Work Out, By Karen Palmer. Need to Find a New Home for Your Dog?
YES Environment, by George K. Hobson
Management Vs. Training, by Bryan Konowitz
The Quest for Balanced Training, by Danny Thomason
Statement From the Backyard Dog, by Karen Palmer
The New Work of Canine Professionals, by Karen Palmer
Fleas!, by Karen Palmer
Foundation, by Scott Holloway
Crating, by Scott Holloway
Paw Prints in the Sand, Anonymous, adapted by Karen Palmer
Rescue, Rescue Everywhere, Till Not a Dog in Sight, by Roger Hild

“Your dog is being trained every minute of every day. What do you want him to learn?”

~ Karen Palmer

“Intelligence plus character-- that is the goal of true education.”

~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

“We want a dog that will be all it can be -- one that can not only perform a command, but understands its responsibility to do so. The goal is to develop a dog that wants to perform its leader’s commands because that alone will bring a level of satisfaction that is greater than any food reward: the internal satisfaction of knowing it has correctly performed and has thus automatically gained approval from its leader”

~ George H. Hobson of Eastwood Kennel, Columbia MO

“Natural dog packs are filled with rules, boundaries, and limitations. Now that domestic dogs live with us, it’s up to us to set the rules.” ~ Cesar Millan, Cesar’s Way, 2006

“When you respect your dog, you believe in him. You give him credit for having the intelligence to perform obedience and exercises and you allow him the right to make mistakes necessary for learning. The dog allows you to make mistakes in teaching, so why not afford him the same consideration?”

Diane L. Bauman, Beyond Basic Dog Training, 1991

“It should be quite clear that for most of us, dog training skills are learned skills. And we should be thankful they can be learned, otherwise our dogs would be doomed to living in a bizarre world where they are constantly placated into obedience, blamed for everything, overreasoned with, forced to
decipher distractions they cannot understand or simply ignored.”

Job Michael Evans, People, Pooches, and Problems, 1991

“With dogs as with humans, bribery is of doubtful value in establishing control and developing character. Bribing a dog in one area will increase his resistance to positive methods in another.”

~ William R. Koehler

“I always charge at least four times as much to solve a problem without obedience.”

~ Captain Haggerty