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What do I do when I get a dog that’s not “food motivated”?First thing, you should probably check if the dog is physicall...
18/12/2025

What do I do when I get a dog that’s not “food motivated”?

First thing, you should probably check if the dog is physically healthy.

One of the very first signs and animal is not ok is when they stop seeking out food and eating normally.

The second thing is look at their environment.

Any animal in a poor environment without proper support in their enclosure will have impacts on their behavior (yup, this goes for you too if you’re feeling anxious and depressed; how is your enclosure?)

The next thing is I want to slowly, systematically and progressively change the “picture” of what eating looks like to the animal.

Yeah you know what, if I ate my entire life by myself, alone and looking at a blank white wall and then suddenly someone comes along and insists that every piece of food I eat they are going to place directly into my mouth….?

Yeah! I would have a hard time adjusting!

So I need to do a few things at the same time to change the picture of eating as a behavior.

Not only the location but also do engagement drills so the dog will WANT to take food from me.

Inside the “Learning Lab” there are 20+ courses for beginner to advanced dog owners.

The “Engagement Building Blocks” alone is a 1hr and 30min webinar plus video and text examples of how to help your dog become food motivated and engaged with you.

What about you?

Do you practice teaching your dog how to eat wherever they are and be engaged with you!?

17/12/2025

Things like this feel too “boring” and so people skip it.

But working on more advanced things like reactivity is a mastery of the basics.

There’s different kinds of reactivity but most of them are going to be magnified by the restraints of the leash.

There’s a lot that goes into the solution to reactivity but this is such a large part that’s so often overlooked.

If you watch this and go:
- “How do I get slack into the leash to even do this”
- “My dog won’t take food outside”
- “Where can I get a better leash handling breakdown”

Then my Learning Lab is the right fit for you.

It has over 20+ beginner to advanced dog owner courses from basic obedience all the way to ecollar training.

Plus, it has a free 3-day trial.

If you’re not ready to jump into do training and pay for something, I have several freebies in my bio.

11/12/2025

PSA: it is also just as important to know when to move out of a high reinforcement schedule.

If you can’t use kibble, try and work towards that

In the meantime, select rewards that are tiny and not calorie dense.

09/12/2025

The nightmare before Christmas? Nah this is the nightmare on Christmas and the every single day for years to come 😂

05/12/2025

Honestly feels like a different life😅Who else got a dog in their 20s and it got them interested in dog training?

Bonus if you became a professional dog trainer 👋🏽

03/12/2025

ALWAYS doing this with my clients before I EVER allow them to use tools with their dog.

Not only feeling the ecollar but also practicing corrections in the proper sequence.

Dog training is so heavily reliant on dog owner education, even more so when you add in more skill and complexities that proper tool usage brings to the table.

Dog owners should walk away from dog training not only knowing about verbal markers, timing, food handling, engagement, commands, etc etc but also the other end of the spectrum when it comes to tools and it’s heavy responsibility.

When you don’t know any better you can’t do better.

I strive for my clients to walk away knowing as much as relevantly possible so they can do better!

If you’ve done training with a dog trainer, did they practice this with you?

Most couples don’t break up because of the dog…they break up because the dog exposes every part of the relationship they...
02/12/2025

Most couples don’t break up because of the dog…they break up because the dog exposes every part of the relationship they’ve been avoiding.

People love to say a dog will bring them closer. Add routine. Create connection. Give them “something to raise together.”

But here’s the truth no one wants to talk about:
👀A dog isn’t a bonding tool.

It’s a mirror.
A brutally honest one.

It magnifies every pattern you already have (good and bad)
-Who communicates and who shuts down.
-Who handles stress and who becomes reactive.
-Who steps up and who disappears.
-Who follows through and who breaks commitments.
-Who can regulate themselves… and who spirals.

And nothing highlights these differences faster than the realities of dog ownership:
-4am potty
-A reactive dog exploding on a walk
-Disagreements about crate training, corrections, or structure
-One partner undermining the training because they “felt bad”
-One person quietly becoming the default parent while the other enjoys the fun parts

A dog won’t fix a relationship that’s already struggling.

If anything, it will expose the cracks you’ve both been pretending not to see.

Because raising a dog together isn’t about the dog.

It’s about shared values, emotional maturity, communication, consistency, and the willingness to do the uncomfortable parts…not just the cute ones.

What about you?

Did you and your partner discuss beforehand?
Did you get a dog on a whim and have to have the hard conversation after?

01/12/2025

Behaviors = top of pyramid

But what’s at the bottom of your pyramid?

How can something be the result at the top if there is nothing at the bottom supporting it

24/11/2025

Helping dog “un-trainers”

Here’s the truth: no one is going to care more about your dogs training then you will.

(Except maybe your dog trainer)

So how do you get “buy in” from other people?

1) Bring them is as a solution to a “common enemy”
🧠 many people want to be of value and make an impact. But many don’t participate in change because:
- they don’t know what the end goal is
- they don’t know why it is important
- they feel like what they do doesn’t matter

2) They been talked AT but not guided WITH
🧠 break it down simple! Show in small steps, explain importance, have them show it back to you, fine-tune.

3) You’re working against their learning language
🧠 many people don’t do well with just auditory instruction. Break it down with visuals. Create visual cues that are seen CONSTANTLY but passively throughout the day (like a fridge)

4) You need consequences.
🧠 negative consequences can drive behavior change just as much as positive consequences.
I’d argue most drivers don’t drive the speed limit because they’re thinking about safety and comfort of others on the road.
They do it because they don’t want to get a speeding ticket.

What about you?

What have you done for dog “un-trainers” in your life?

To be clear it doesn’t mean you WONT find success. A part of dog training especially when you have a reactive dog for ex...
22/11/2025

To be clear it doesn’t mean you WONT find success. A part of dog training especially when you have a reactive dog for example, is having courage.

To feel the fear and do it anyway.

A part of “faking it till you make it” is presenting physical cues even if you feel a lot of emotional turmoil inside.

If you’ve ever worked with a dog trainer with your dog, you’ve watched how your dog effortlessly seems to respond to them.

Sure, there’s some other factors there but the most immediate answer to how to get your dog to behave like that around you is to:

- Slow and be intentional with your movements and avoid being fidgety
- Drop your shoulders from where they are glued to your ears
- Breathe into your belly instead of your chest
- Drop your voice octave so it’s not so high pitched and strained
- Ensure your hands aren’t coming up above your waist as you unintentionally start putting tension on the leash

These acts of awareness of your own arousal state can positively benefit your dog as well!

For you, do you notice yourself doing any of these things while walking or training your dog?

20/11/2025

It do be like that 🥲

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