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The Two-Question Exercise That Improves Every Behavior Case
Learn the two-question exercise that helps dog trainers improve behavior cases, create clearer training plans, and communicate more effectively with challenging dogs. Read more
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Understanding Dual Reliability in Dog Training
Dog trainer Tyler Muto explores the idea of “dual reliability” — the difference between what dogs can learn reliably and what humans can apply reliably — and why all trainers,… Read more
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Dog Trainer DEI
“If our goal is to raise the overall standard of life for dogs and families, no single ideology will get us there. It will take a broad spectrum of approaches.” Read more
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The Builder and the Wind
A builder spent months designing an elaborate tower.It had curves, carvings, and a winding staircase that spiraled like art.But when the first strong wind came, the tower leaned. His neighbor,… Read more
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The Rulebook No One Wrote: Rethinking Accountability in Dog Training
One of the most common frustrations trainers share is this: Clients struggle to be consistent with corrections. Sometimes the issue is assertiveness. Other times it’s simply follow-through. Either way, When… Read more
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Language Arts for Dog Trainers
The real work of a trainer is not simply to act as a translator between species, but to teach the human to become bilingual. When a person learns to move,… Read more
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Serve Your Clients, Not Yourself
Many trainers carry a universal vision of what every dog should know: sit, down, heel, place, etc. But dogs do not live in universals. They live in households with particular… Read more
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You Should Feel Bad About Using Punishment
In dog training, punishment is a loaded word. For many owners—and even for some professionals—it carries an emotional weight that is hard to ignore. And maybe that’s the point. Read more
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How Reward and Punishment Studies Miss the Point
The problem is, dogs aren’t levers on a Skinner box. They are social beings living inside of social systems, and those systems—family, household, relationship—fundamentally change what rewards and punishments mean. Read more
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Pressure Motivates, Release Educates
Pressure is a term that I use a lot when discussing dog training. The concept of pressure is somewhat central to my system of training and influencing dogs’ behavior, and understanding… Read more