Kati Peppe, owner of Diamond K9 Dog Training in southern Maine, shares her thoughts and experiences on all things dog. Brutally honest, these harangues are entertaining and thought provoking.
Kati is passionate about dog training and behavior, and even more passionate about sharing the truth with the world even though so many people get their panties in a twist about it.
If you've ever struggled with your dog or wondered why the dog training advice out there doesn't seem to work, this podcast is for you! Served with a little salt and lots of love.
You're doing every suggestion you've been given by your friends, family, articles, Google searches, Youtube videos, Internet trainers, tv shows, and IT'S JUST NOT WORKING! So what is wrong with your …
Emotions play a critical role in our survival, but they really screw us over in our dog training.
Everybody wants to know when they can take their ecollar off. When what they should be focused on is how to use it most effectively, so that eventually they don't rely on it so much, anymore.
Most tr…
Do you have a reactive dog? Most people do have a dog that exhibits at least a little reactivity. It's also a kind of broad and meaningless term in the sense that any dog that is living is going to "…
Everybody has heard of separation anxiety. But not everybody knows that how they live with their dog is a massive contributor to its creation, second only to genetics.
There is a lot of controversy over the ecollar and any tool that can be used "aversively". There is no new information there. But, even people that seem to love using the ecollar are often very outsp…
Have you ever set out to make a change and failed miserably?
We've all heard that there are no bad dogs. And that so many dogs are "eager to please". It seems everything is the human's fault. That i…
It seems like every 5 minutes there is some new training fad sweeping the country. Here's the thing.. We've known the principles of behavior for a very long time now, and they haven't changed. Do you…
I recently discussed the modern rescue dog fallacy and also had an episode discussing veterinarian's giving terrible training advice. Well both of things impacted my family directly last week. Tak…