What to listen for: “My job as a coach is not to identify your destination, but your goal, and to help you identify and remove roadblocks...

What to listen for: “We're dealing with a dog who has its own set of motivators. And so we just need to always be conscious of the fact...

What to listen for: “You really have to be observant and try to see, ‘what can my dog cope with, versus what can't they cope with?’ And...

What to listen for: “It's sort of like giving a chocolate cake recipe to different people. Just because you gave them the same chocolate...

What to listen for: “That's the part that just takes it over the edge for me - I know that my dog feels my excitement, my anticipation,...

What to listen for: “The odor that they get reinforced for may not be the odor that you think you’re reinforcing. So, odor obedience is...

What to listen for: “They have a huge range of warning signals, very carefully graduated, all kinds of growls, and moans, and all kinds...

What to listen for: "The doggy daycare worker and the shelter worker who is not being touted as any kind of behaviorist or trainer, are...

What to listen for: “I look at the dog and if something goes wrong I say, ‘Thank you for the information.’ As dog trainers, we modify...

What to listen for: "I appreciate the fact that our little collaborative thing has allowed us to have some of these really, really hard...

What to listen for: "As a trainer, no matter what you're doing with your training or where you are, what level you are, how advanced you...

What to listen for: “How well does the dog actually understand target odor? Part of the issue is that we think we've taught the dog to...

What to listen for: “If you have a good reinforcement system, it really doesn't take long. And that reinforcement system is how you pay...

What to listen for: “Conservation dogs have been around for maybe 20, 30 years, starting to grow in popularity. But more conversations...

What to listen for: “Be kind and open and giving, even when they don't know anything, that's okay, still give and still branch out. And...

What to listen for: “I think I've made a lot of personal growth. I was okay with it. I was like, ‘you know, what? Yeah, it's a bummer.’...

What to listen for: “When I'm getting ready for trials, I feel like that week before I'm not building new skills. I'm building the...

What to listen for: “That's the hard part. That paralysis that you can get into of being afraid to train something because it can make...

What to listen for: “I've had lots of people ask me questions about, should you train your dog to tell you that nothing's there. And I...

What to listen for: "It's about living in the now and to keep going and to keep working and keep doing. And it's almost like behavior...