by Louise Stapleton-Frappell | Sep 3, 2026 | Dog Trainers, Pet Owners |
– Building, generalizing, and rebuilding strong behavior for the real world A dog learns to sit beautifully in the kitchen in response to a verbal cue. The behavior is fluent – the dog performs it accurately, smoothly, and readily. The guardian no longer reaches...
by Louise Stapleton-Frappell | Aug 25, 2026 | Dog Trainers |
Distance, duration, and distractions – the familiar 3 Ds – are commonly used in dog training to help us develop and proof behavior. They give us a wonderfully simple framework. Can the dog perform the behavior when we’re farther away? Can they...
by Louise Stapleton-Frappell | Aug 11, 2026 | Dog Trainers |
Micro-Shaping, Target Training, and Keeping the Learner at the Heart of Our Training Decisions As trainers, we spend a great deal of time learning how to teach behavior. How do we select criteria? How finely should we split a behavior? When should we...
by Niki Tudge | Jul 17, 2026 | Dog Behavior, Dog Trainers |
Lights, Camera, Competency! Master Your DogNostics Video Skill Submissions Hi everyone, and welcome! We are so excited to share a fantastic short presentation with you today—and we have to give a massive shout-out to the brilliant Louise Stapleton-Frappell for putting...
by Niki Tudge | Jul 17, 2026 | Behavior SMARTS, Dog Behavior, Dog Trainers |
One of the most profound takeaways from affective neuroscience—the study of how the brain processes emotions—can be summed up in a single sentence: You cannot train away an emotional system. Whether you are working with a reactive dog, a stressed horse, or even a...
by Niki Tudge | Jul 14, 2026 | Dog Behavior, Dog Trainers |
For over twenty years, I worked as a corporate trainer and director of Leadership Development. My entire career was built around a singular, defining question: How do we know when someone has actually learned a skill? In the corporate world, the answer is undisputed....
