Consider the Dog Podcast

We welcome Utah-based trainer Brian Agnew to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Brian answers real-world training questions around working with dogs that are both blind and deaf, setting realistic expectations, and building communication through tactile cues, leash pressure, and other training strategies. He also dives into resource guarding, including key differences between guarding from humans versus other dogs, and practical ap...

We welcome Canada-based trainer Evan Doggett to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Evan answers real-world training questions around dog nutrition, supplement recommendations, and the role gut health plays in behavior and overall wellness. He also dives into everyday foods that can improve a dog’s health, fermented foods and mushroom supplementation, plus strategies for handling leash reactivity, fixation, and timing around t...

We welcome our host Tyler Muto to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Tyler answers real-world training questions around dogs reacting to TV stimuli and struggling with fixation even after structured reactivity work, plus troubleshooting engagement and positioning on walks using Walking Behind concepts. He also dives into handling submissive urination and unusual post-behavior patterns, working with blind or sensory-limited dogs in ...

We welcome Canada-based trainer Sarah Dixon to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Sarah answers real-world training questions around resource guarding during play, especially when toys trigger pushy or controlling behavior with other dogs. She also dives into breaking fixation on walks, helping dogs navigate stranger anxiety in public settings, and managing behaviors like whining in the car to create calmer, more reliable routines.

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We welcome California-based trainer Cheri Wulff Lucas to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Cheri answers real-world training questions around off-leash dogs that ignore recall and struggle with overexcitement around other dogs, even with e-collar conditioning. She also dives into handling growling in the home during everyday routines, and how to address crate anxiety and persistent barking to build calmer, more reliable behavior.

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We welcome Utah-based trainer Brian Agnew to the Consider The Dog stage! Today, Brian answers real-world training questions around building recall with dogs that lack food and toy motivation, and what to do when engagement completely falls apart in stimulating environments. He also dives into the truth behind air biting vs real biting, managing predatory behavior around children without increasing frustration, and how lifestyle fac...

We welcome Canada-based trainer Evan Doggett to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Evan answers real-world training questions around the divide in the dog training industry, using the e-collar with leash reactive dogs, and addressing dangerous behaviors like car chasing. He also dives into preventing fence jumping while maintaining healthy socialization, and how to create clear, consistent communication in challenging situations.

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We welcome Utah-based Trainer Brian Agnew to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Brian answers real-world training questions around over-socialized puppies who struggle with engagement, managing zoomies and leash biting in open environments, and addressing destructive habits like sock eating. He also dives into handling over-arousal around other dogs, improving recall and responsiveness on the long line, and building better focus an...

We welcome our host Tyler Muto to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Tyler answers real-world training questions around e-collar recall during high-arousal play, troubleshooting pressure and freeze responses, and how to call dogs off other dogs without creating conflict. He also dives into building trust with new client dogs, helping suspicious adolescents handle vet visits, managing arousal around triggers, and the pros and cons o...

We welcome Minnesota-based trainer Sarah Brueske to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Sarah joins Tyler to answer real-world training questions from dog owners and professionals. Topics include Managing Multi-Dog Homes, Reliable Outs, Possession Battles, and more!

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We welcome Utah-based trainer Brian Agnew to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Brian joins Tyler to answer real-world training questions from dog owners and professionals. The discussion includes a case study on household conflict and reactivity, strategies for managing over-excitement during dog introductions, de-escalating confrontational behavior in young working breeds, and creative ways to use a long line beyond recall and lo...

We welcome our host Tyler Muto to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Tyler answers real-world training questions around the dog–owner relationship, including how human personality impacts behavior and when assertiveness or justified pressure is appropriate in training. He also covers handling leash reactivity, choosing the right tools for highly reactive dogs, managing resource guarding tied to environmental triggers, and nav...

We welcome California-based trainer Forrest Micke to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Forrest joins Tyler to answer real-world training questions from dog owners and professionals. Topics include playing tug safely with large dogs, helping dogs remain calm and quiet in their crate during class, and what it really means when reinforcement is described as “a process, not an event.”

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We welcome Canada-based trainer Evan Doggett to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Evan joins Tyler to answer real-world training questions from dog owners and professionals. Topics include managing high startle responses and attention-seeking barking without aversive tools, reading play vs. potential aggression in COVID-raised dogs, and when head halters or nutritional supplements may be appropriate for reactive behavior. We&rsquo...

We welcome NYC/Florida based trainer Blake Rodriguez to the Consider the Dog stage! Today, Tyler and Blake talk about intra-household dog aggression (aggression between two dogs that live together), Blake shares tips about working with dogs who get aggressive during grooming, how to reduce excessive whining, and Tyler's personal favorite part of the conversation - a discussion about situations where after building confidence in an ...

Let's GO! This is Episode 23 of the Consider the Dog Podcast. Tyler's guest today is Dog Trainer Sarah Dixon who hails from Canada. In this episode they answer questions from our members on a variety of topics ranging from stranger danger, to resource guarding, to dogs fighting within a home, and even a dog who has a phobia of garbage trucks... which is a great conversation point. Check it out!

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Our guest today is Forrest Micke, bringing his background of sport and performance training knowledge into the mix. ALERT! This is a bit more of an “advanced” episode, so definitely a good one for those real dog-nerds out there. Tyler and Forrest have an in depth discussion of the when and why of using negative reinforcement versus punishment--particularly in the context of working with reactivity. Then, Forrest gives u...

In this episode, Tyler is flying solo, answering training and behavior questions from our Consider the Dog members. He shares some of his favorite tips for teaching the out, or drop command in an efficient way to his client's dogs, discusses the role that hormones play in socialization, what to do and not do after your dogs get into a fight, strategies for dealing with aggression toward guests in the home, and of course a whole lot...

Today is Episode 20 and Cheri Lucas joins us from California in what turned out to be a really fascinating discussion. Cheri goes into tremendous detail about her philosophy on using food in training, the role food plays, and her rituals for feeding time. Tyler and Cheri also discuss highly aroused dogs and when, how or why you may or may not want to use praise to help calm them. They get into a discussion about the massively chall...