By Maggi Forootan The truth: We live in a Yes/No world. Yes, you should look both ways before crossing a street. No you shouldn’t touch a hot stove. So often I catch myself comparing dog training to parenting. Most of us agree that a good parent understands that in order to teach a child they […]
“LEADERS PROTECT, FOLLOWERS GET PROTECTED.” ~Sean O’Shea
By Maggi Forootan – Lead and Love K9 www.leadandlovek9.com This quote from my friend and mentor Sean O’Shea from The Good Dog Training and Rehabilitation inspired me to talk a little bit about something I encounter often when my clients are struggling with their dogs: Over protectiveness or guarding. By nature, dogs can be territorial […]
THE C WORD
Posted in: crate training, Dog Behavior, Dog Training, State of mind dog training, Uncategorized- Jun 03, 2015
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By Maggi Forootan – Lead and Love K9 www.leadandlovek9.com In today’s day and age, with all of the great information available about the value and importance of crate training your dog, I’m really surprised that I still get a fair amount of resistance from my clients when I stress that they must crate train their […]
WHEN LOVE KILLS
Posted in: dog aggression, Dog Behavior, Dog Training, State of mind dog training- Apr 29, 2015
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By Maggi Forootan – Lead and Love K9 www.leadandlovek9.com This is a true story. The names of those actually involved other than myself have been changed. Today was a sad day. Come with me as I take you on the journey of Sunny. Little Sunny was rescued at three months old from a horribly neglectful situation. […]
Caution! Adverse Reactions May Occur.
Posted in: Dog Behavior, Dog Training, dog walking, leash reactivity, State of mind dog training, Uncategorized- Apr 15, 2015
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By Maggi Forootan – Lead and Love K9 www.leadandlovek9.com “Help…my dog loses his mind when he sees other dogs (people, cats, squirrels, skateboards, bikes) out on a walk”. I hear it all the time. Consider this… what are the worst leash reactive dogs doing while out on a walk before the big blow up over […]
WHAT IS DOG TRAINING…REALLY?
By Maggi Forootan – Lead and Love K9 www.leadandlovek9.com Years ago I enrolled my Doberman, Vegas, in a dog training boot camp. Vegas went to live with his trainer for about 4 weeks at a kennel where he learned a very traditional type of training based on competition obedience commands: Sit, down, stay, come, heel, […]
Walk This Way!
WALK THIS WAY! By Maggi Forootan – Lead and Love K9 www.leadandlovek9.com Helping my clients achieve a nice, calm, loose-leash walk with their dogs is one of the most important things that I focus on in my training programs. But why is having your dog walk next to you on a loose leash in heel […]
The Freedom Trap: How too much freedom equals too much stress.
By Maggi Forootan One of the most important components of my system of dog training is the injection of a fairly heavy dose of structure into the lives of dogs and their humans who are struggling. Structure for a dog is a lot like the kind of structure you would provide for a small […]
Stay! Just a little bit longer. How adding duration to the Place and Down commands help stressed dogs.
By Maggi Forootan Adding duration to the Place and Down commands is one of the most important components of my system of dog training. This by far is where I see the most dramatic shifts in dog behavior. The tricky part in understanding this is that it doesn’t look like anything ground breaking is going […]
Kids And Dogs. Parents, this is your wake up call!
By Maggi Forootan One of the saddest situations that I have to deal with as a dog trainer is getting the call from freaked out parents reaching out for help because their own dog has bitten their child. They are frustrated, frightened, and even angry. When a child is seriously injured by the […]
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