Dog Training and Behavior
PetSafe Easy Walk Harness Review: 6 Months on a Dog Who Pulls
I put the PetSafe Easy Walk on a hard pulling dog for six months. Here is what actually changed, and what did not.
One dog owner's honest account of the walk that finally did not end in a sore shoulder, and the harness that made the difference.
I put the PetSafe Easy Walk on a hard pulling dog for six months. Here is what actually changed, and what did not.
A trainer compares the PetSafe Easy Walk to a standard back-clip harness, and tells you which one belongs on a dog that pulls.
Why the clip's placement, not the harness itself, does the work of stopping leash pulling.
One dog owner's honest account of the walk that finally did not end in a sore shoulder, and the harness that made the difference.
A patient, step-by-step plan to fix leash pulling with a front-clip harness. No yanking, no pain, just one clear rule and a week of consistent walks.
What the PetSafe Easy Walk gets right, where it falls short, and who should buy something else instead.
What a 20 foot training line did and did not do after months of recall practice in a fenced backyard.
A six foot leash keeps a dog close. A 20 foot training line teaches a dog to come back from a distance. Here is when to use each.
A 20-foot training line gets a dog coming back reliably because it practices the part of recall a regular leash never can: distance.
A 20-foot training line finally made recall click. Here is the story of why it took so long to try one, and what it did for June.
A step-by-step plan for teaching a dependable recall, starting in a quiet room and building to real-world distance, using the Hi Kiss 20-foot long line.
A 20 foot line sounds simple. Here is what it is actually for, what it cannot do, and who should probably skip it.
A trainer used an automatic beep and vibration collar on her own front window barker for three months. The honest results, the limitations, and the dogs it is wrong for.
Two very different ways to interrupt barking, compared plainly, including which dogs each one tends to suit.
The real reasons behind window barking, and which of them a bark collar can honestly fix.
Deb Prentiss is a dog trainer whose own dog barked at the window every evening for two years. This is the story of the automatic bark collar that ended it, and who she thinks should not buy one.
A calm, practical plan for window barking that starts with management, not a gadget, and uses the FAFAFROG automatic bark collar as a backup while you retrain the habit.
An unvarnished look at the FAFAFROG bark collar, including the safety caveats every owner should know first.
A trainer's honest verdict after four months of using the KADTC puzzle feeder with her own fast-eating dog.
Two popular mental-stimulation tools compared by a dog trainer who spends her days in other people's living rooms.
Why dinner in a bowl leaves a restless dog looking for trouble, and how twenty minutes of nose work fixes it.
A trainer's honest account of what a slow feeder did and did not do for her own fast-eating dog.
Dinner in a puzzle feeder gives a restless dog something to think about, and it settles the evening faster than another lap around the block. Here is the five step routine I use.
A 54-year-old in-home dog trainer puts the KADTC 2-level puzzle feeder through six weeks with her own fast-eating dog and tells you what nobody else will.
I gave my dog a NaturVet Quiet Moments soft chew every day for months. Here is what changed, what did not, and the dogs I would never use it for.
A side by side look at NaturVet Quiet Moments and an anxiety wrap for separation anxiety.
A home dog trainer walks through the ten most common patterns behind separation anxiety, and where a calming supplement can actually help.
A dog trainer's honest story about one client, one window-barking rescue, and the soft chew that made the leaving routine finally stick.
A step-by-step approach to helping a dog settle when you leave, using NaturVet Quiet Moments as one part of a calm routine, not a quick fix.
A trainer spent eight weeks giving NaturVet Quiet Moments a fair trial with her own dog and with clients. The honest result is smaller than the label implies, and timing is everything.
I put the PetSafe Easy Walk on a hard pulling dog for six months. Here is what actually changed, and what did not.
What the PetSafe Easy Walk gets right, where it falls short, and who should buy something else instead.
What a 20 foot training line did and did not do after months of recall practice in a fenced backyard.
A 20 foot line sounds simple. Here is what it is actually for, what it cannot do, and who should probably skip it.
A trainer used an automatic beep and vibration collar on her own front window barker for three months. The honest results, the limitations, and the dogs it is wrong for.
An unvarnished look at the FAFAFROG bark collar, including the safety caveats every owner should know first.
A trainer's honest verdict after four months of using the KADTC puzzle feeder with her own fast-eating dog.
A 54-year-old in-home dog trainer puts the KADTC 2-level puzzle feeder through six weeks with her own fast-eating dog and tells you what nobody else will.
I gave my dog a NaturVet Quiet Moments soft chew every day for months. Here is what changed, what did not, and the dogs I would never use it for.
A trainer spent eight weeks giving NaturVet Quiet Moments a fair trial with her own dog and with clients. The honest result is smaller than the label implies, and timing is everything.