Michael Baugh CDBC There was a time when a television personality popularized the idea of “energy” in dog training. Dominance energy. Pack leader energy. Alpha energy. It made for interesting television. He became a star. Too many dogs paid the price. Those ideas about energy often translated into kicks, hard leash yanks, intimidation, and electric […]
Michael Baugh CDBC Sixty crept up on me. I’m not saying forty feels like yesterday, but it certainly doesn’t feel like three dogs ago (Stella and Stewie were concurrent). We are getting older, have been since the day we were born. The choices we make about living with dogs need to be different from the […]
Michael Baugh CDBC A new client in his early 30s stood in his driveway, his large dog sitting calmly by his side. His dog’s behavior intake form mentioned some aggression issues. This dog didn’t look aggressive, not at the moment anyway. I got out of my car, not nervous; let’s just say I was […]