hiking with your dog – Free Range Dogs

Training your dogs to Scent what they can’t See: Rattlesnake Aversion Training in Arizona and Utah

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023Free Range Dogs

I open most of my Snake Safe (rattlesnake aversion) classes by telling my folks, “I’m going to tell you something and you won’t believe it until you watch it today. Rattlesnakes are invisible to dogs.” That is a simple declarative statement, yet people don’t really grasp that I mean that literally. A rattlesnake can be on the ground...

Communicating with your Dog: Essentials of Dog Training in Las Vegas, NV

November 1, 2022March 25, 2023Free Range Dogs

A dog and a man walk into a bar. Both take seats side by side at the counter and the man begins a long one-sided conversation with the dog. He explores the meaning of life, the burdens of a mortal existence, and how lucky the dog is that he’s just a simple dog, uncluttered...

Training Dogs for Off-Leash Hiking in Phoenix, Arizona

October 17, 2022March 25, 2023Free Range Dogs

It matters how you start a thing. This is particularly true when applied to starting a Free Range Dog from puppyhood. People often have a vision of life with their dog- things they would like to do with them and places they would like to go. In the case of the Free Range Dog,...

My Dog, My Self

October 3, 2022March 25, 2023Free Range Dogs

I caught this headline in the newsfeed today: “In a first, scientists show that dogs can smell when humans are stressed.” Who could’ve imagined…other than anyone who’s ever lived with a dog? On a serious note, it is reassuring that science has been able to verify and quantify what most of us already know...