Happy Pups Podcast: Recent Episodes
un|TAMED Dog Training
Mariano Alvarez's tips and take on training, rehabilitating, and doing our best to keep dogs and owners safe and happy. Please follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter @happypupstraining. And if you'd like to send comments or questions please do so to happypupstraining@gmail.com
In this episode I discuss Bella. She's a 6-year-old Labrador with a myriad of state of mind issues. She was highly reactive both on walks and in the house. She was highly protective of toys and food. She had severe anxiety to work through. Lots of good stuff for me to work on. She also serves as a great topic and example of what I do to work dogs through these issues. I cover her training program from beginning to end and the snags that came along the way. Enjoy!!
Ever wonder why dogs tend to listen to trainers more than they do their owners? Ever wonder what it is that trainers do the owners don't in order to achieve this higher level of respect and compliance? Well in this episode of the happy pups training podcast that's exactly what I go over. The importance of obedience is something that is very well known. However, what's often overlooked is the importance of overall relationship building. The ability and willingness to hold a dog accountable for its actions in order to create a sense of respect in a relationship. Disrespect will give access to trust and the dog will begin to see you as someone worth following.
I want to talk about the differences and similarities between prong collars and E-collars. Exactly how are they different? What makes one tool more suited for a job than another? Is one more reliable? Etc. Don't miss this!
There's a secret to success in dog training. The secret is that there is no secret! All progress comes in proportion with the amount of effective effort given to work toward that newly learned skill. Whether it be teaching obedience to an excitable puppy, or setting boundaries to help an aggressive dog adapt to a healthier lifestyle. Both situations require the dog to learn and adapt to what it's been taught. Both will come with their unique sets of challenges. And both are subject to the concept of repetition and habit-forming. The more you do it, the better you get, the less you have to make a conscious effort as it becomes ingrained as a habit. Long story short. You want the results, do the work!
I share some great words of wisdom that I learned from my conversation with Sean from the good dog training. Sometimes it doesn't matter how much you do, if you care more than the owners care you'll always be fighting a losing battle.
I go in-depth with some of the reasons that I find that there are many trainers (Many of them very good!) That have little or no success when it comes to rehabilitating a dog. I believe that this is because training for obedience and working to adjust the dogs state of mind and ingrained natural behaviors are two different stories that sometimes run along similar parallels but also can be very different.
Training a dog to e-collar standards is in my opinion, the top tier for training and proofing a dog. However, like anything else, off-leash work comes with its own set of limitations and potential for problems. This episode offers tips on how to keep everyone safe while working off-leash. Enjoy!! any comments or questions? please email us at
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This being my inaugural episode, i thought I'd begin with the basics. What is dog training? What tools do i use? Why does this stuff work?