Episodes

Here is a list of Essential Equipment for New Puppy Owners. Essential Equipment for New Puppy Owners Play Toys: Mendota pet has great toys Mental Stimulation toys: Kong, LickiMat, Puzzles Chew Toys: Bully sticks, dear antler,...

The correct answer to when you should start training your new puppy is the minute you take possession of the puppy.

There are a lot of things to consider when getting a new puppy. Here are just a few questions to ask yourself and my suggestions. Who is the puppy for? Why are you getting a puppy? What activities do you want the puppet do?...

Dog Obedience Training vs Behavior Modification

This episode discusses the best ways to use your voice for communicating with your puppy.

This is the final installment in our puppy training series, teaching puppy recall (come). Todays Lesson: Make sure you have a good sit, down, and stay before expecting a good recall under distractions. DO NOT call you puppy t...

Puppy Training Series: Teaching Stay. Unlike sit and down, we are not going to use shaping or luring with food. Down-stay is the ultimate calming command for any puppy or dog. 4 Steps to “stay” Make sure that your puppy has ...

This episode is part a change in the format for Puppy Talk Podcast. Once a week I will be providing detailed instructions of training commands for your puppy. This episode coaches you how to teach your puppy the "down" comman...

Interview with Michelle Dart and Yo Armendariz of The Empowered Dog Show

This episode starts a change in the format for Puppy Talk Podcast. Once a week I will be providing detailed instructions of training commands for your puppy. This episode coaches you how to teach your puppy the "sit" command....

In this episode, I had a great interview about canine nutrition with Rei Kawano of Heed Foods. We talk about many things related top optimal puppy and adult dog nutrition. Be sure to visit their website at https://www.heedfo...

To control Puppy Barking, we first need to determine what type of barking it is. Here are the 4 most common types of barking: Frustrated Barking Fear Barking Guard Barking Excited Barking For creating a solution to the barkin...

In this episode, I talk about 5 tips that will help your puppy if they are a picky eater.

In this episode me and Irith Bloom discuss leash training and leash walking for puppies.

This episode focuses on 4 things that every puppy, and adult dog, needs to be healthy, happy, and obedient. The link with an outline of the 4 things is on our blog here https://www.puppytalkpodcast.com/blog/4-things-that-ever...

In this episode I explain what you need to do to stop your puppy from jumping on people.

In this episode, I talk about the Major Biden Dog Bite Incident at the White House that happened on March 9, 2021.

In this episode I provide a comparison of dog par vs doggie day care and rate each on 8 different categories. In the end, I also provide an overall winner, and some final thoughts and tips. Remember that for puppies to go to...

In this episode, me and Trish discuss how to properly manage multi-dog households, with a special bonus of how to manage dogs and cats in the same home.

In this episode, I provide tips for crate training your puppy.

For this episode I provide 4 tips on how to stop overstimulating your puppy. This is a follow up to Episode #18 on The Importance of Puppy Relaxation. Here are the 4 tips: Stop talking to your puppy so much Stop playing with ...

In this episode, I talk about how to raise a puppy in an apartment. These tips will hopefully minimize the risk of puppies eliminating, chewing, and barking  inside of the apartment.

The episode focuses on THE IMPORTANCE OF RELAXATION FOR PUPPIES (& ALL DOGS). Topics covered include mat training for puppies, calming enrichment activities and the cognitive as well as emotional underpinnings of the RELAXATION RESPONSE that we want to teach our puppies.

In this episode I talk about the New Your Times Article liked below. The name of this article is The People Who Got Puppies Were in Over Their Heads. Now professional dog trainers are all booked up. While you wait, they have some advice to share.