by ffdt | Nov 3, 2025 | Behavior, Training, Training Philosophy
In the world of modern dog training, marker training is a proven method for speeding up your dog’s learning. But what happens when you don’t have a clicker handy? This is where training with marker words comes in. While a spoken word can’t be...
by Collab Design | Jun 25, 2025 | Training, Training Philosophy
For most dogs, food is a great and easy way to reinforce good behavior (whether we’re using their kibble or rotisserie chicken depends on the context!). We use it heavily here at School for Dogs and coach most of our clients to do the same in the learning process. So...
by ffdt | Nov 22, 2024 | Training, Training Philosophy
As humans, we tend to be predisposed to looking for “bad” things” as a side effect of living in a punitive society. If someone steals your wallet, you’re going to notice right away and want them punished for doing something morally wrong. Whereas if you leave...
by ffdt | Nov 21, 2024 | Training, Training Philosophy
I had two separate clients talking about playing fetch with their dogs today. They both have the issue that their dog won’t let the ball go or let them get it to throw again. Both dogs also have an issue with being easily aroused (read that however you want including...
by ffdt | Feb 6, 2024 | Behavior, Training Philosophy
An Interesting, But Not Unique, Encounter While picking up lunch, someone saw my logo’d jacket and asked if I worked at the School for Dogs. “Why yes I do!” I replied. “What kind of training do you do?” he asked. “Well, mostly just manners,” I replied. “So no bad...
by ffdt | Nov 11, 2020 | Training Philosophy
“Clicker training” is the popular term for the training or teaching method based on what we know about how living organisms learn. Research has shown that any creature—whether a dog, cat, dolphin, parrot, fish, horse, llama, or person—is more likely to learn and...
