K9 Coach

04/27/2026

🚨 New Training Guide Just Dropped

If your dog is still pulling on walks — or you feel like you’ve tried everything and it’s not sticking — I just released a new resource:

FREE Loose Leash Walking Guide 🐾

Before you jump into it, here’s the key shift this guide is built around:

Most dogs don’t pull because they’re stubborn…
they pull because they’ve never been taught what the leash actually means.

So they learn to:
• lean into pressure
• ignore it
• and just get used to the tension

This guide shows you how to flip that.

Instead of trying to stop pulling, you’ll start teaching your dog:

👉 how to follow leash pressure
👉 how your movement gives them direction
👉 and how their behavior turns that pressure on and off

One important note as you go through it:

This is one of those skills where the timing matters more than the steps.

If it feels a little awkward at first — that’s normal.

👉 Tell me what your dog does on walks right now, and I'll send you the link to download for free!

A) Constant pulling the entire time
B) Walks okay… until something catches their attention
C) Zig-zagging, sniffing, all over the place
D) Other (tell me)

Drop your answer below 👇

04/09/2026

Sleepy boi 🥰

03/24/2026

Going backward is the natural progression of behavior change. Feeling like your dog got worse or lost some progress is part of their learning.

Training is never straightforward. There are elements that need repeating and revision along the way. Having this mindset will keep you from becoming frustrated with your dog’s progress. Instead you’ll know you’re actually on the right path when things get screwy.

Keeping at the training is a guarantee that you’ll finish the race!

03/10/2026

🚨NEW BLOG POST🚨 - ALERT BARKING: Start here first

READ IF: you are dealing with a dog who barks at everything and anything outside the house it hears or sees.

I just added a new blog inside the community that walks through the exact framework I use when a client tells me their dog is barking at things outside.

Before we ever try to “fix” the barking, I look at six foundational areas that usually create the behavior:

1. the dog’s genetics and motivations
2. how much the behavior has been rehearsed
3. environmental setup (windows, triggers, access)
4. whether the dog’s drives are being fulfilled
5. structure and leadership inside the home
6. the dog’s nervous system and arousal level
Window barking almost never exists in isolation.

Most dogs doing this are:

• practicing the behavior dozens of times a day
• under-stimulated or under-employed
• operating independently without clear boundaries
• living in a constant state of alertness

Trying to stop barking without addressing those things is like trying to fix a leaking ceiling without looking at the roof.

If your dog has turned the window into a 24/7 neighborhood surveillance job, this is the place to start.

👉LOGIN TO THE TRAINING COMMUNITY TO READ THE NEW BLOG: https://courses.myk9coach.com/community-sales-lp

02/17/2026

🔥NEW VIDEO DROP🔥 - OBEDIENCE

WATCH IF: you are training your dog to walk nicely on leash.

A new training video has been added to the Training Center!! In this video, I coach you on how to perform 180 drills. These are the first leash walking skills I teach every owner I work with! They teach your dog to feel the leash as a communication tool rather than an adversary.

Start these drills indoors...especially if you are training a puppy. You want to begin in a low-distraction, boring environment. My pro tip: practice these in the hallway. Once your dog is following you on every turn, then you take this drill to your driveway and eventually the street.

Watch Now: https://courses.myk9coach.com/community-sales-lp

01/29/2026

There is no scientific consensus showing that non-aversive, positive-only training is universally effective, safer, or superior across all dogs and all behavioral problems. The research in this field is mixed, limited, and highly contextual, especially when it comes to aggression, predation, and high-risk behaviors.

Legislating one training ideology as “evidence-based” does not make it so! By excluding aversives and punishment by law, the state will not be following science, but rather selectively interpreting it, while ignoring well-established principles of learning theory and decades of applied animal training across species.

What this bill does is criminalize competent trainers for how they train. It reduces the options for addressing dangerous behavior in dogs which will lead to more euthenasia as positive-only training can only create new behaviors, IT CANNOT ERADICATE UNWANTED BEHAVIORS (i.e. agression, predation, resource guarding, jumping, excessive vocalization etc...). Behavioral science has long proven that in order to reduce or eliminate behavior, punishment must be applied to the degree that is necessary to inhibit the animal’s desire to perform the undesired behavior.

Ironically, police and service dogs are exempt, suggesting that there is a need to use aversives and punishments to modify or train dog behavior, yet somehow it’s still necessary to ban for general public use.

Good training is about results, clarity, and responsibility, not about projecting a narrative that makes owners and trainers feel good about themselves. Learning does not happen without discomfort or conflict.

Handicapping trainers and pet owners will severely limit the efficacy of training a dog can receive, and if that dog’s behavior is deemed dangerous, the next step will be euthanasia instead of aversive/punishment-based training. This bill proclaims that an end to that dog’s life is preferred over temporary training discomfort.

For trainers who work with pet dogs, instead of helping dogs, they will be forced to walk away knowing they could have helped but are not legally allowed to.

NYS RESIDENTS MUST VOTE NO!

https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/S7723

01/29/2026

Clients, I need you and so does your dog!
Vote NO on this legislation.

Prong collars are an essential tool for some dogs, I know some of you cannot communicate effectively with your dog without one. The quality of life for the human AND dog will decrease significantly for these dogs without this tool. Please show up and vote NO, spread the word to get as many Nay votes as you can.

Every tool has the potential to be harmful if used beyond its intended purpose. I can use a hammer to drive in nails and I can also use it to break bones, yet you don't see hammers being outlawed. The wielder is the responsible party, NOT THE TOOL. VOTE NO

Requires the commissioner of agriculture and markets to establish licensing and educational standards for individuals providing canine training for non-service and non-police dogs; requires such standards to utilize non-aversive, evidence-based, and positive reinforcement techniques.

10/14/2025

Some clips from my training session today with Jetpack!

Recording for focused heeling is sooooo helpful but only after I’ve done the rep 😅…so much easier with a spotter but I can review after each one and adjust.

Working here on Jet keeping his head up and locked in my armpit while moving with me. Secondary goal is addressing his butt position so he’s not hiding it behind my leg or kicking it out to the side away from us.

Practice makes progress!!

10/01/2025

Episodes are BAACK!! 🎙️

After a break, the My K9 Coach podcast is back in action! I’m so excited to be back!! Tune in for a bit of housekeeping on what to expect from the show moving forward and to learn how to navigate conflict successfully in your training.

Training isn’t just about teaching skills—it’s about navigating the push-and-pull moments when your dog wants one thing, and you need another. In this episode, I break down what conflict in training really means, why tackling the “big issues” first can backfire, and how to use smaller everyday boundaries to build trust, respect, and cooperation with your dog. You’ll also learn how to balance conflict with cooperative activities to keep your relationship strong and your dog motivated.

If you’ve ever struggled with leash reactivity, barking, or a dog that tunes you out—this episode will change the way you approach training.

👉 Tune in now and discover how managing conflict the right way actually brings you and your dog closer. Link in bio!!

10/01/2025

Episodes are BAACK!!
After a break, the My K9 Coach podcast is back in action! I'm so excited to be back!! Tune in for a bit of housekeeping on what to expect from the show moving forward and to learn how to navigate conflict successfully in your training.

Training isn’t just about teaching skills—it’s about navigating the push-and-pull moments when your dog wants one thing, and you need another. In this episode, I break down what conflict in training really means, why tackling the “big issues” first can backfire, and how to use smaller everyday boundaries to build trust, respect, and cooperation with your dog. You’ll also learn how to balance conflict with cooperative activities to keep your relationship strong and your dog motivated.

If you’ve ever struggled with leash reactivity, barking, or a dog that tunes you out—this episode will change the way you approach training.

👉 Tune in now and discover how managing conflict the right way actually brings you and your dog closer.

https://myk9coach.com/podcast-episodes/