Michael Baugh CDBC CPDT-KSA I am nothing if not fastidious. About mid-month I prepare the following month’s Michael’s Dogs Newsletter. I write two new blog pieces. Sometimes I write one and pull an old one from the archive. Regardless, some time around the 15th to the 20th every month I sit down and put […]

  Michael Baugh CDBC CPDT-KSA Language is important. The words we choose help us express ourselves clearly. They also help us better understand our own mindset and intentions. This is certainly true in dog training when we compare the words cue and command. A command is compulsory and insists. A cue is an opportunity and […]

  Michael Baugh CDBC CPDT-KSA Mindfulness is something of a buzz word these days, even in dog training. At its core, mindfulness is awareness in the present moment. In deep meditation it is awareness of awareness itself. For us, though, let’s think of mindfulness as awareness of our dog right here and right now. Pause […]