For years, training dogs has focused on training specific behaviors, put on verbal or hand cues, so that the human could instruct the dog to perform that behavior. How these behaviors are taught and maintained has evolved over the years, and many trainers focus their training on teaching discrete behaviors …
If you have a dog between 6 and 18 months, you are living with a canine teenager. You’ve made it past your dog’s childhood, and it goes so very fast! It probably didn’t feel like it at the time, but from ages 8 weeks to 6 months, your dog has …
While watching the latest stand-up special from one of my favorite comedians, Mike Birbiglia, he stated something that is all too true for dogs and people alike. He said, “My wife and I hate going to parties, but we love leaving parties.” Relief from something you don’t enjoy is a …
Adding a new dog to your family is a very exciting time, no matter their age, but there’s something about puppies. They are cute, of course, and so fuzzy and soft. There’s a certain appeal to raising a puppy, we can do our best to mold their behavior to suit …
For many years now, Megan has been following and learning from Leslie McDevitt, the author of the Control Unleashed series. Control Unleashed is a systematic way of teaching dogs to feel more comfortable in the world, increase their focus on their handler, and learn to manage their behavior in a …
At the start of the stay-at-home orders here in Colorado, I was talking with some colleagues about my realization that many dogs may develop separation anxiety as a result of all of us staying at home. This resulted in my teaming up with Amber Quann of Summit Dog Training on …
It’s pretty apparent by now that the world has changed drastically in the last month or so. At first, many thought we could be back to our normal lives after a break of social distancing. Now, it’s very clear that we will be social distancing for longer than originally anticipated. …
If you’ve ever welcomed a dog trainer into your home to help with training or attended a group class, you may have noticed that your dog responds differently to the trainer than to other people, even you. You may feel that your dog listens to the trainer better than to …
My husband James and I bought a house in Loveland, making Dogs Deciphered officially a Loveland based business. Don’t worry, all of Northern Colorado is still in the service area! We will be offering limited board-and-train options for existing clients, so contact me today about your travel plans and I’ll …
Today, we said goodbye to a dog that is the reason why Dogs Deciphered exists. Tori was born in 2005, and was by my side for just over 14 years. She was one of the most challenging dogs I’ve ever owned, and helping her set me on a path to …
