non-verbal cues when dog training

Here’s Looking at You, Kid, in Aspen, Colorado

December 17, 2022March 25, 2023Free Range Dogs

Recently we talked about rope, the primary and simplest tool a dog trainer needs. In this week’s blog we will explore the second essential training tool: your voice. It’s the one thing we all use to communicate, and yet we underestimate its power and potential peril when used to train our dogs. Since we...

Using your Voice, not Language, to Communicate with your Dog in Florence, Oregon

November 14, 2022November 14, 2022Free Range Dogs

Anyone and everyone who has a dog is a dog trainer, whether you see yourself that way or not. As a dog trainer, your most important tool is your voice. It’s also the tool least likely to be used effectively or even recognized as a tool by most folks engaged in trying to communicate...