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Andrew Ledford here, talking a little about my new book “Picking the Perfect Puppy or Dog.” I have been training dogs and their owners in the same general area for more than 35 years. Most of my adult life this has been in Orange County and the greater Los Angeles area, with a few forays…
Choke Chains and Slip Collars: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Slip collars, which most people know as choke collars or choke chains, are among the more controversial pieces of training equipment out there. I want to share my perspective on them, including when I use them and why I recommend them even to…
Have you tried doga, puppy yoga, or dog yoga? After more than 35 years of training dogs, I have something a little different, the C.A.N.I.N.E. Method. It blends Tai Chi-like moving meditation with dog training, along with behavioral science and principles of personal development that give it a holistic structure. Why the three quadrant approach?…
Here I’m working a fairly large dog at Laurel Park in Whittier California. This is a basic drill as we use the handlers positioning and body to keep the dog in a Heel position. Towards the end I start to work on about turns. However, it looks like the dog needs a little more work…
From the Kohler method to food luring to social cues; a look at what really works, and why timing is of paramount importance. I have been rereading William Campbell’s book Behavior Problems in Dogs, mainly because I attributed some information to him in my new book and needed to confirm the source. It has been…
While I do have a standard training system that works for most of the people most of the time, we always need to be flexible enough to work with each individual’s specific needs. This dog will be working with a head collar, but for this lesson we worked with the equipment we had. The reason…
I did a reading of the firs part of my book “Dog Training Strategies, Tactics, and Personal Insight” at the Library in Anaheim California. Here is a partial machine generated transcript from the video. The book is called “Dog Training Strategies, Tactics, and Personal Insight.” The First dog website I had was 101 Dog Training…
Standard Dog Training: Plus the Extra Science That Makes It Work Even Better. This article about my style of dog training that’s enhanced by broader scientific research and was inspired by Artificial Intelligence. When I have done an AI search on myself in the past, AI would say I used a non-standard approach to dog…
In this video I go over Tip 101 form my book Dog Training Strategies Tactics Personal Insight. Tip 101 is about Acceptance. this is an important concept for changing many types of behaviors. Especially when what used to work or what worked in the past no longer serves us. This can be because we have…
Spatial Positioning or Spatial Pressure. What Is It and How To Use It This article is a continuation of the ideas found in my book “Dog Training Strategies, Tactics, and Personal Insight.” Spatial Pressure is part of what I always called Spatial Positioning. As with most things dog training, I have a little different take…
The New Dog Training Book is on Amazon Dog Training Strategies, Tactics, and Personal Insight is written and published. Buy the book I finished and published the new dog training book a while back. That was my big project for the last couple of years. This book is less esoteric and a bit more practical…
A lot of people wondered why I haven’t been writing and posting new pages or blog posts over the last year. It is because I have been writing a new book. Actually I also have two new books. I finished the edit on the short book about puppies a few months back. It is only…
