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

Volunteers are critical to great welfare.

For highly aroused dogs, there's much more going on under the hood!

...and what even is a cue, anyway?

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!

Managing arousal on kennel exit will set your dog up for a successful session!

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

How can we use learning science to our advantage when the animal:trainer ratio in a shelter might be 100:1, or worse?