How to make Training Plans attainable by Marie Turner-Bailie
Now we all have made goals for ourselves at some point in our lives. We might even have a New Years Resolution, but how do we go about making it...
Meet Betsy - Virtual Trainer
Betsy Payne, CPDT-KA, CCFT, is a Fear Free Certified and LLA Graduate. (Pronouns She/Her) Betsy comes to Daack Pack with a variety of prior experiences within the Dog Training Industry. ...
My time at the Behavior Symposium by Marie Turner-Bailie
My morning started off picking up Allison Daack, a speaker and our Canine Behavior Consultant for Daack Pack Dog Training Inc. When we drove through UC Davis campus it was...
Reading Recommendations from a Former Librarian - The Other End of the Leash
The Other End of the Leash shares a different perspective on our relationship with dogs, focusing on our behavior in comparison with that of dogs. An animal behaviorist and dog trainer with more than...
Read MoreYou Choose! Chinchilla Edition
“You Choose” is a great way to figure out your pets preferred foods work on impulse control, encourage critical thinking and add enrichment. I love this exercise! It helps to...
Read MoreReading Recommendations from a Former Librarian - Don't Shoot the Dog!
Karen Pryor's clear and entertaining explanation of behavioral training methods made Don't Shoot the Dog a bestselling classic. Told in an entertaining way, Pryor bounces from clicker training a fish,...
Read MoreMyth Busting - "It's all in how they're raised."
I am sure you have heard this being said about dogs before but as always in the world of behavior, it's not that simple. With things like dog training and...
Read MoreThe Thinking Dog Protocol
We all want a dog that listens not just in the home but all so outside the house, on walks and off leash. For dogs each space has its own...
Read MoreReading Recommendations from a Former Librarian - The Culture Clash
In this series, Emily (a former school librarian) will be recommending books on training and animal behavior that she's read. These are trusted, tried-and-true tomes that are great resources for...
Read MoreHow to Achieve Fear Free Vet Visits
When you and your pet visit the veterinary clinic, it usually means there will be a lot of chaos, frantic energy, and you and your dog being overwhelmed. Many think...
Read MoreWhat Are Paired Behaviors?
Isn’t it great when your dog jumps? I just love an excited, jumping dog, until I don’t. With my small, 7lb miniature poodle it didn’t bother me when he puts...
Read MoreMeet Marie - Dog Trainer
Marie Turner-Bailie comes to us with 15 years of industry experience both in training and trainer mentoring. Starting her career out, she found her passion for all things dog related as...
Read MoreMeet Allison - Founder and Behavior Consultant
Credentials Held CPDT-KA - Certified Professional Dog Trainer - Knowledge Assessed, given by the CCPDT, certification council of professional dog trainers. This certification "measures a broad range of knowledge and skills in ethology,...
Read MoreEverything Kong
Kongs are an excellent enrichment toy to help provide enrichment, especially while actively dog training. With dogs, just remember whenever we are introducing anything new to our animals; we always...
Read MoreHow to Train a Tiger
At Daack Pack we don’t train tigers, we train more domesticated pets - but I have trained tigers in the past and I can see a lot of crossover between...
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