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2014-10-18

  PetLifeRadio.com - Canine Nation Episode 51 Programming Dogs

We used to call it a 'command' when we wanted our dog to offer us a behavior. I find the parallel with issuing commands to computers very interesting. Do we have unreasonable expectations about our dogs and our training with them? Do we expect unquesti...
  Eric Brad author
2014-09-08

  PetLifeRadio.com - Canine Nation Episode 50 The Shape of Modern Dog Training

Some of us are shapers, some of us are prompters, some of us even use lures. No matter how you train, it’s important to show your dog the ropes so they know what to expect when it comes to training time. If your dog needs help, be sure to provide it. I...
  Eric Brad author
2014-07-05

  PetLifeRadio.com - Canine Nation Episode 49 Shelter Dog Heroes

Dogs can end up in shelters for lots of reasons, some bad, some awful, and some that couldn’t be avoided. Shelter workers have incredibly difficult jobs. They take in and care for these dogs, not knowing what is in their past or what their future may h...
  Eric Brad author
2014-06-26

  PetLifeRadio.com - Canine Nation Episode 48 Over Under Dogs

Is my dog 'over threshold?' Is she 'under threshold?' Is that good? Is that bad? Do I even know what I’m looking for? Knowing how your dog is responding to their surroundings can play a key role in whether they are learning, whether they are enjoying t...
  Eric Brad author
2014-06-14

  PetLifeRadio.com - Canine Nation Episode 47 Top Dogs: The Importance of Winning

Training our dogs is like a game of charades. We’re just trying to get them to do the thing we’re trying to teach them. But who wins and who loses? Well, since we’re the ones running the game, I guess we get to decide. How often does your dog win? How ...
  Eric Brad author
2014-05-23

  PetLifeRadio.com - Canine Nation Episode 46 Training Dogs In Your Head

Sometimes all of the hashing and rehashing of this theory or approach or concept just starts to irritate me. What happened to working with the dogs to see if it works or not? We can speculate and pontificate all day long but if our dog’s behavior says ...
  Eric Brad author
2014-05-15

  PetLifeRadio.com - Canine Nation Episode 45 Born Again Dog Trainers

Coming to a new understanding of dogs and dog training was a conversion of sorts for me. It has been an interesting journey. I went from skeptic to student to evangelist before finding a way to put it all in perspective. It can be too easy to try to ri...
  Eric Brad author
2014-04-11

  PetLifeRadio.com - Canine Nation Episode 44 Dog Simple

People are people and dogs are dogs. Sometimes people can 'clever' themselves right past their dogs while training and then get frustrated when the dog doesn’t 'get it.' Maybe if we learn to keep it simple, we can learn to build amazing things with our...
  Eric Brad author
2014-02-23

  PetLifeRadio.com - Canine Nation Episode 43 My Imperfect Dog

Wouldn’t you love a perfectly trained dog? I thought so too. Then I did a little reading about 'perfect' dogs. The ones who are instantly compliant and never do anything unexpected. My dogs aren’t machines provided for my amusement and required to imme...
  Eric Brad author
2014-02-14

  PetLifeRadio.com - Canine Nation Episode 42 Dogs Beyond Reason

Humans are reasoning creatures. We have a tremendous capacity to reason out how things work from the barest of facts. But when it comes to dogs, perhaps we need to take care in how we reason. Observation is often a useful companion for reason. Dogs are...
  Eric Brad author