What to listen for: “If I cannot, in five repetitions, isolate a variable down and get it where I want it, I do need to stop. That...

What to listen for: “Are we setting up hides in a way that our dog is becoming better and we're finding holes, or are we setting up hides...

What to listen for: “For the disaster, particularly this last one, you have to appreciate your emotional response that you’re going to...

What to listen for: "If we're a really confusing trainer, then our dogs have to be really damn confident because they’ve got to put up...

What to listen for: "I found that the things I taught in higher arousal have held up better in higher arousal environments. The things...

What to listen for: “Handling is not a recipe. It’s a craft.” Odor detection handling mastery comes down to hitting that delicate balance...

What to listen for: “I think by encouraging it [confidence] and allowing it to happen and letting the dog utilize what's fun and what's...

What to listen for: “When you're with your dog, you're working with the dog, and when he's resting, he's resting, and don't ask him to...

What to listen for: "You need to give the dog a bit more space, release the pressure, so that then the dog has the option of leaving the...

What to listen for: "Physical agility gives them some mental agility too, and so it's giving them that well-exercised brain, and then...

What to listen for: “Success is the joy that we have with our dogs and the relationships that we're building.” Ever wondered how small...

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: “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: "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: “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...