connecting with dogs – Free Range Dogs

Perimeter Report from the Big Yellow Dog in Oracle, AZ

March 27, 2023March 28, 2023Free Range Dogs

Today Morning Perimeter Report Good morning, Big Yellow Dog here reporting for perimeter duty. Both the girl dog and I were ready at dawn, but the humans lingered in their sleeping chamber. I suspect they may have been feigning sleep in an attempt to stall the important work of property patrol. I can not...

Sharing the Same World as your Dog in St. Augustine, Florida

February 23, 2023March 25, 2023Free Range Dogs

I see lots of different types of dogs in my training sessions. I often have a very brief window of time available to interact with and assess those dogs. The trick is to find a way to communicate effectively with each individual dog. Out of necessity, I have found an approach that works well...

Old Dogs with New Tricks in Oracle, Arizona

February 7, 2023February 7, 2023Free Range Dogs

I often get questions about training older dogs- people wonder just how successful one might be trying to train an old dog? My experience has been that when you have lived with a dog, there comes a turning point. Yes, early on you are training the dog, but not too far down the road...

How to use E-Collars to Communicate with and Train your Dog in Destin Beach, Florida

January 24, 2023March 25, 2023Free Range Dogs

I tend to be careful about the things I choose to react to…I once heard a line in a cowboy Western years ago, where the lead character admonished another person with the line, “I let people kill their own snakes.” I’ve tried to live by those words of wisdom, letting others fight their own...

EP10: Dogs, Wrestling Rattlesnakes and Scorpions navigating by the stars: Mysteries of the World Around us in Apache Junction, Arizona

January 19, 2023January 19, 2023Free Range Dogs

What you’ll learn in this episode: Differences in how people, dogs, and other creatures, such as rattlesnakes, sense and perceive their world How these differences impact our perceptions of behaviors, and thus our reactions to the behaviors of other creatures How modern developments in technology have changed our perceptions of the behaviors and thinking...

EP 8: Bret Wonnacott and the One True Dog- the English Setter

December 22, 2022December 25, 2022Free Range Dogs

What you’ll learn in this episode: The qualities of English setters as hunting dogs and family dogs What is a pointing dog? Considering the needs of different breeds of dogs in daily life Joys of just watching dogs run Free Range Dogs can be found all over the world Welcome to another episode of...

EP 4 : Connecting with Dogs in SLC, UT with Jan Perkins and Kelsey Larsen

October 27, 2022October 31, 2022Free Range Dogs

What you’ll learn about connecting with your dog- the essential foundation of dog training: Dogs are different from humans- you need to understand and live in your dog’s world to be effective in connecting and training with him Different dog breeds were bred for different purposes- dogs need to be given “jobs” to do...