The holidays are coming in hot (and so are the in-laws, the doorbells, the road trips and the chaotic living rooms). Before we dive into all the training tips and how-to’s, we want to hear from YOU: 👉 What are you hoping your dog can do by the holidays? Maybe it’s: ✨ Not barking every time someone walks in ✨ Being able to settle around guests ✨ Handling travel like a champ ✨ Not stealing Christmas cookies off the counter ✨ Surviving the cousin’s toddlers 😅 ✨ Or simply being able to relax with the family Drop your goals in the comments. Big or small, we want to hear it so we can tailor our content towards your goals.

Hello, So I need a suggestion for a dog bed for Bella, well the dogs in general. Akira, last foster, chewed threw everything, even a K9 'buller proof' one. Bella chewed the soft bed. (Currently watching for a foreign body, again). Do you have a bed you use there. Also, I have am mpact crate, do you have a suggestion for something I can put in the bottom to deaden the noise for Bella? I'm afraid to try anything.

What does your DREAM DAY with your dog look like? We ask all our board & train clients this question to help us build a roadmap. Drop yours in the comments so we know what you’re working toward.

Hi everyone My name is Kristin. I work with a rescue for Belgium Malinois and they get all sorts of dogs at all levels of training. I'm here to learn how to better support the fosters I bring into my home. A little background on me. I was a veterinary technician for 34yrs. I spent 10 of those as a technician in the Army, where I worked with the military police canines, the Secret Service canines. They had 95% Malinois and I fell in love with the breed. The rest of that time i spent in emergency medicine and as a surgery technician, before I retired. When the chance to foster came up, I jumped at it. So that's me in a nutshell. I'm looking forward to learning as much as I possibly can here. Thanks

Bella has been here a week. She is fitting in great with my dogs. The problem is the cats. She is so hyper-fixated on them that they are all she thinks about finding from the second she steps out of her crate until I put her back in. It has gotten to the point where I have her training collar set at 30 and that only deters her for a few seconds. Even with that she only backs off about ten feet and practically vibrates to move to go at them. My cats don't really back down so I'm afraid either Bella is going to get scratched in the eye or get an even bloodier nose. Worse yet she might actually bite the cat. She is leashed 70% of the time but when I'm trying to do stuff around the house or have her outside in the yard with the other dogs she is off lead. Short of 100% leashed or in the kennel, anything else I can try?