Dämn Good Dog Training

10/10/2025

PT 3

It’s crazy to see video of the before Chip, because I never saw him that extreme.

But this is how he was with the owners for 4 YEARSSSS.

And the “R+ behavior experts” did absolutely nothing but con them out of their money & then say he just needed to be put down.

I do plan on calling out that company….

Full video including the minor punishment event is up on Youtube

10/09/2025

Pt 2.

If obedience was the solution Chip would have been fixed a long time ago.

The aggression is gone but the dog is still happy, R+ trainers are losing their minds with questions right now.

10/08/2025

Pt 1

I know this doesn’t seem like much, but I’m not exaggerating they have NEVER been able to be outside when Chip is in the yard.

They’ve been prisoners in their own sun room watching the owners play ball with him.

This is actually huge.

10/05/2025

Absolutely insane…

Can’t believe MULTIPLE PEOPLE decided it was a good idea to put time & money behind this.

Might as well light cash on fire

A study led by a canine scientist at Nottingham Trent University looked at the potential impact of pulling on the lead and the related pressure on the neck, using a variety of of collar-types and styles.

10/03/2025

Chip Dip is making big moves & making friends..yesterday was his last day in Oklahoma.

I actually have him (and my dogs) loaded up, we’re currently making a 10 hour road trip back to Chicago to do the go home process with his owners.

Normally I have the owners come here but we have to include the in-laws in this process as well because they’ve been dying to actually interact with him for four years.

The plan is to utilize protective gear so that everybody feels comfortable and it allows us to actually push the limits on their interactions with him. I have no doubt we will get them to be good friends over the next couple of days, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable doing it any other way, so I’m making the drive.🛻

09/19/2025

Seems pretty unfair when you put it this way huh?

So why are people still doing this with their reactive dogs?

This is the “advice” hundreds if not THOUSANDS of dog owners take every day.

“Break the fixation, read his mind and get onto him before he has a chance to explode. We want to interrupt the behavior before he has a chance to rehearse it.”

Owners spend months or even YEARS doing this and yet dogs all over the country are still exploding.

Why?

It’s not because your timing is bad. It’s not because your ecollar wasn’t set high enough. It’s not because they’re already over threshold. It’s not because your leash handling skills need to improve.

It’s because THIS IS NOT TRAINING - IT’S CONFUSION!

Whether you got this advice from Youtube or another professional, I hate to break it to you but you’ve been led down a very wrong path.

09/15/2025

04/24/2025

The power of play never ceases to amaze me

04/10/2025

Today is a hard one.

Yesterday marks 9 months since I lost my soul sister.

And today she would have been 33, but it’s the first time I don’t get to call her and tell her happy birthday.

Not a day goes by that I don’t think about her, and most days I still cry realizing this is life for me now.

It’s a weird feeling on the days I don’t cry, or I actually catch myself laughing, because it feels wrong to experience joy when my favorite person - who brought so much joy to my life - is gone.

But I know she wouldn’t want me to think that way, and that I owe it to her to still find things to laugh about, because thats what we always did together.

Happy birthday to my sister wife, I love you more than you know. Keep watching over me💙