Kari Neumeyer ~ Rhymes with Safari » training

This month’s Positive Pet Training theme is Mantras. Here’s mine: My dogs can do no wrong. Last night, Leo countersurfed a steak off a grill at the GrandPawrents’ house. We all laughed abou...

https://karineumeyer.com/2018/03/06/dogs-can-do-no-wrong/

My training goal for 2018 is to have two ambulatory dogs. I already had Mia on anti-inflammatories and acupuncture when Leo needed TPLO surgery in November. I already had the greatest dog step in...

https://karineumeyer.com/2018/02/08/nothings-gonna-break-our-stride/

This month’s Positive Pet Training Blog Hop has the theme What To Do When Your Dog Doesn’t Listen To You. For me, that’s like every day. They do what they want. I’m not going to lie. So...

https://karineumeyer.com/2017/10/05/senior-dog-doesnt-want-to-come-inside/

You know how dogs can become fearful after a bad experience like another dog getting in their face at the park? That happened to me a few weeks ago. With another person. During the springtime, ou...

https://karineumeyer.com/2017/04/13/now-whos-reactive/

This month’s theme for the Positive Pet Training Blog Hop is training tools. I thought I’d give you the rundown of five things that have made a huge difference in my life with my dogs. 5. Fo...

https://karineumeyer.com/2017/02/05/top-5-positive-pet-training-tools-for-reactive-dogs/

In my last post, I wrote about a de-facto off-leash area. If everyone else’s dogs are off leash, why can’t ours be? For me, it’s an issue of manners. People who don’t have reactive dogs (...

https://karineumeyer.com/2017/01/23/running-out-of-cheese/

This month’s Positive Pet Training Blog Hop theme is mentors and inspiration. If you’ve read Bark and Lunge (and I recommend you do!), you know I have a complicated history with trainers. The...

https://karineumeyer.com/2017/01/08/an-inspiring-new-dog-food-pyramid/

This month’s Positive Pet Training Blog Hop theme is The Gift of Positive Training. Oh, what a gift it has been. Leo’s leash reactivity has gotten so much better. I’ve started saying he’s...

https://karineumeyer.com/2016/11/30/the-gift-of-leo/

This post is part of the Positive Pet Training Blog Hop, although it doesn’t deserve to be. It contains a few examples of what not to do, but hey, maybe that’s what I’m known for. It starts...

https://karineumeyer.com/2016/11/08/sibling-rivalry/

  Often, people with reactive dogs are overly concerned that others will judge us for the uncontrollable, barking, lunging, frothing beast on the other end of the leash. We need to get over that...

https://karineumeyer.com/2016/10/03/three-times-i-spoke-up-for-my-dog/