When we take care of our own emotional health, we can show up for the animals in our care.

For safe and fun playgroups, you need to train people, not dogs.

Escalation to aggression is NOT play.

Good leaders never stop learning.

Good play happens with relaxed dogs in a low-stress environment.

Volunteers are critical to great welfare.

Word choice reflects the relationship between you and your learner.

pssst -- our ethical approach to animal trainings happens to work with people, too!

Labeling a learner stubborn or unintelligent when a training session goes poorly is a dead end.

Sprinkle in Happy Visits for long-term positive feels about vet visits!

A consent test is distilled down to “pet pet pause.”