Radical Rover

08/05/2025

Look for the helpers! After even the smallest of shreds, Ellison is happy to help clean up his own mess. I started training this in case he ever felt the need to try to eat some fluff from a stuffie. He gets more reinforcement and I get some help.

He can’t help it; he takes after his dad

08/03/2025

In response to ,
here are Chaka and Ellison’s Top Ten Demands, I mean, Essentials:

1. Freedom to bark
2. Liberty to take long naps
3. Treat equality
4. Pursuit of birds, butterflies and squirrels
5. Right to commence dramatic tooth fencing immediately following Netflix “ta-doom” sound
6. After dinner chews
7. Chews at non-dinner time
8. Right to shred stuffies and cardboard
9. Equal access to cool, tile flooring
10. Freedom to decide what is or what is not reinforcing (secretly number one)

07/10/2025

What tricks are you working on this summer? We’re polishing up our circus act!

06/26/2025

New tags. Who dis?

04/26/2025

“Prove it” said Chaka during an episode of home alone anxiety and possibly boredom. Pro tip: don’t place a book in a place you’ve never placed a book before 🙄 And always ensure all of their needs are met, esp the shredding ones.

04/24/2025

04/16/2025

My karmic lesson for today is in there somewhere but I can’t hear it over the noise!

03/31/2025

Looking to grow your own dog training business on Chicago’s south side and have no idea how to begin? Let’s build skills, get you certified and headed in the right direction!

03/23/2025

“Click the action, not the termination.”
Sounds simple, right? But this little gem from Alexandra Kurland is one of those deceptively obvious tips that separates clarity from confusion for the learner.

Behaviour isn’t just a thing—it’s an action—a continuous stream made up of many smaller behaviours. A wiggle, a pause, a bounce, a stretch, a shift in weight, a spark of enthusiasm. When we click, we’re delivering a discriminative stimulus for reinforcement—so the timing of that marker really matters.

Miss the moment? You might be reinforcing a different behavior than you intended. Maybe the stop, the shift, or the glance away—rather than the action you’re trying to build.

09/09/2024

08/16/2024

Barky lungy nervous poopers of the world unite! Handlers you’re welcome too! This is a safe space and you’re a champion in my eyes🥇

08/09/2024

Baby’s first shred. They grow up so fast. Hit me up if you want those shredding champion tips because this beats shoe snatching any day!