MCS Dog Training

01/12/2026

01/09/2026

According to the date on the Power Point I have been teaching this course since 2010. I do this class for FREE as a public service. I am a retired LEO and currently work for the largest security company in the world as a regional trainer where I am responsible for teaching everything from CPR to fi****ms for over 2000 people. Over the last three dacades I have trained everyone from soccer Moms to special forces but prefer to provide training to those who are underserved. TT is my hobby/side gig. Last week I posted the FREE training I provide for churches and people contacted me asking if I do anything for people outside of churches. All I need to do a class is a space. Full transparency, at the end of the class I let people know they can give me a donation if they wish, however this is not why I do it. I just want to see men, women, and children better prepared to face the world we live in.

01/09/2026

Everything should begin and end with respect. It’s a simple concept. But as humans someone must teach us respect, because by nature we are disrespectful and only care about ourselves. This usually comes in the way of parents or in the case of those without parents, those who step forward to fill this gap. Without them we will quickly find out the natural consequences of being disrespectful and likely not from someone that cares about us. Those who love us and teach us about respect do it out of love, not by compulsion, and they start when we are young and the stakes are low and they are the ones handing out consequences. Sadly, for people that have nobody in their life to teach them respect or more importantly hold them accountable for being disrespectful, both they and society pay the price for their actions.

In Philippians 2-12 we are told to “work out our salvation with fear and trembling”. Here fear is not horror, but rather reverence and obedience, and respect. At 53 years old, both of my parents and my Dad’s mother raised me old school, meaning I knew exactly what was allowed in any given circumstance and what infractions would get a look, a verbal rebuke, or a physical correction. It taught me to error on the side of caution with my words and actions. It taught me to hesitate and consider where I was and who I was talking to before doing something. Because these people believed that love was not just a feeling but required action, for the most part I have been able to avoid many unpleasant consequences in life. In each case where I received negative consequences, it was because if failed to behave based on the fact that I knew better. Now that they have passed on, what keeps me out of trouble is not fear of physical punishment but rather the fear of disrespecting their memory by doing what I know I shouldn’t do. My Grandmother taught me to fear the Lord in the same way. I am blessed because so many people either come to this fear of the Lord later in life or not at all and they cane be identified by their actions. The more I have learned to fear the Lord the easier it is for me to stay out of trouble. When I was a child, my parents were not believers, but like my Grandmother they both had massive respect for their parents, other elders, our flag and Veterans. These things have been handed down to my children, and I pray they are handed down to my grandchildren.

When I see a young man being disrespectful the first thing that I think is that he never had a man knock him flat on his ass. My father never had to because I knew he would. My Mother and Grandmother were the same way, but because of relationship, all three could have the same effect on me with nothing more than a look.

There was never a time in my life when I thought that my opinion was more important than someone else’s. To this day when someone expresses an opinion no matter how strongly I disagree, I do my best not to become emotional which allows me to avoid the consequences of saying something I regret.

It is my opinion that the majority of problems in our society can be traced to a lack of respect. A child that is allowed to believe that their opinion is has the same weight an adult’s and therefor they have the “right” to do and say as they wish are likely to end up facing consequences both natural and legal from a society that does not love them. Proverbs 13-24 states “Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them”.

When I am in a class and the instructor begins to speak and people keep talking or the National Anthem is played and people keep talking, or a I hear a child back talk their parents the first thing that comes to my mind is that the only reason I am not among them is because someone loved me enough to teach me to be respectful in all circumstances.

Respect keeps people out of jail, keeps them from being shot by the police, and generally out of trouble.

Too many people believe that what they “feel” gives them the right to disrespect others and when someone shows them otherwise, they are the bad guy.

For this reason, I loathe disrespectful people and notice that those that I am at odds with fall into this category. Those that are in my circle are respectful. It is not my place to teach adults to be respectful, but I have the ability to not include them in my life.

01/08/2026

Daddy Day with Em, Gavin & Ivy, first lunch and then going to see David.

01/06/2026

There is a last time we will all hear from or see each other. When that happens and your thinking of me I want you to remember these two things.

First that above all things I love the Lord and wish I had intentionally worked on my relationship with him earlier in life. Unfortunately people, religion, and my hard head did not make that possible. But I caught up.

Second, that the only way to deal with the trauma and heartache that comes with this life and entering the kindom of heaven is by accepting and following Jesus Christ.

Be blessed and have a great day.

01/02/2026

I am of the opinion that no dog can ever be trusted 100% off lead like no child can be trusted 100% without holding your hand and we speak the same language.

Every year multiple police canines are lost, injured, or killed during and after deploment due to reacting to something that in the moment they thought was more valuable than responding to recall. Do I handle my personal dog off lead. Yes. Is it always in the back of my mind that in a split second something out of my control could end up in a tragic scenario.. yes. Do I ever handle a clients dog off lead, or encourage them to outside of a defined secure space...no. YMMV

01/02/2026

I had terrible service related PTSD. The last 7 years of my carreer I built a bunker in my basement that I only left to go to work. This forced me to retire early. Everything changed when I got an Olde English Bulldogge puppy named Odin. I knew he had to go out in public to learn to be calm in public. Often we will do things for another we will not do ourselves. This also led to a new career as a dog trainer. Since 2017 I have trained over 3500 dogs to help heal their humans. Both pets and service dogs. Nobody taught me to do what I do although without The Dogfather Bob Fink telling me that I had a gift with animals, I would have never started me believing in myself. Before moving from PA to TX I started a non profit called Cover Six Canies to provide dogs and training for Veterans and First Responders. I call the way I train Focused Based Canine Training aka Inujitsu or The Way of the Dog. The entire concept is based on my belief that only consistency, intentionality, and stability can produce the same in a dog. Like trauma, healing trauma is cumulative and is only possible with being truthful to oneself, and utilizing the resources availible to create good habits and building on them. This includes the mind, body, and spirit with such things a meditation, visualization, gratefulness, prayer, diet, fellowship, and all types of medicine including pharmacology as a last resort, aa well as talk therapy. Every day is a new day and a chance to be better, not just feel better, because I have found the worst thing you can do is limit what you do based on the way you feel.

01/01/2026

As a professional dog trainer here is the advice I give to condition dogs to new situations and noises from a new baby crying to loud fireworks.

Before bringing baby home or the 4th of July, while your at home with the dog play sounds of baby crying or of fireworks. Start low and then turn it up and down for 15-20 min a day. And the most important part, Do what you do normally and DO NOT talk to look at the dog during this time. When they see that you are not reacting to the noise they see a higher ranking stable dog not reacting. This tells them this is neither a threat or resource that is important. A sure sign of instability is you looking at or talking to them, not only does this tell them that your not sure but makes them anxious believing that they are responsible for deciding what is a threat or resource. This is also why dogs go nuts when people come over, knock on the door or just walk by the yard. When they appear relaxed and unbothered by the novel sound, pet them slowly and gently without saying a word. Dogs communicate with eye contact, movement, and touch. They learn that when there is any novel thing in the enviroment to look at you instead of reacting, if you don't react you are sending a message that they can relax. The pettings at the end tells them that you love it when there calm. The will begin to generalize and know that always looking at you and your movement or lack of movement gets them rewarded.

Just like kids, more is caught than is taught. They are always watching you and your reation to the world tells them them know where every person and dog in the house fits into the pack hierarchy.

01/01/2026

Happy New Year!!!!

There are few things that make me fell as much taken advantage of than car insurance. But no matter how much I complain I am always relieved when I have an accident. They navigate me through and unfamiliar world.

Back in 2000 when I had my police involved shooting I was glad I had my FOP attorney. He kept me from making some mistakes that could have cost me and my family both criminally and civily.

As a citizen if you use reasonable force (less than deadly) or deadly force, who can you call? The only three people that CANNOT be compelled to testify are clergy, your spouse, and your attorney. If you shoot someone today do you have an attorney on speed dial that has handled a shooting before? If your like most, probably not.

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12/28/2025

I prefer to be alone because I have never been forced to be alone I guess.

I think this has a lot to do with depression, but like everything else in life, nobody is coming to save you. At somepoint you need to accept your reality, get off your ass to do something instead of waiting to feel better OR accept that you have chosen to be this way.

I routinely go out of my way to reach out to people who are stuggling and provide guidence based on principles that have historically proved to have great ROI for both personal and business matters. I gave found that about 1 in 10-20 will make the slightest effort to improve their sitation even when vast improvements can be made with minimal effort, time, and money. They often even become angry when you remove these obstacles. You will be amazed how people will start coming beside you when the see your consistant effort.

And what I can tell you 100% is that the Lord will not make you do anything. When you realize you can't do it without him and look to his eyes, you might just look in the direction of your solution but you have to MOVE.

12/26/2025

Let me squeeze my 80 lb self right in here. Yes he prefers to use a pillow for his head. Of course Momma moves right over for him, and he knew she would. Everytime you yeild space to them you are telling them they are above you. It is not her sharing the couch and pillow with him, its him sharing the couch and pillow with her.

12/25/2025

Emilie says Merry Chrsimas guys.