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Anyone That Needs More Than A Spotlight And A Microphone Is A Punk

People ask me all the time: “How do you write an email everyday?” It’s really quite simple. I sit down and…..write. I know that’s the simple answer and I do follow a few rituals to get it done. Rituals like: I get up every morning and start writing by 6:00AM. I constantly write and use ideas for email. I write everyday. I always listen to music while I write. And I bet you would never guess who I listen to while I write. What would you guess: Led Zeppelin? Bruce Springsteen? Aerosmith, Van Halen or Eminem? Jimmy Buffett? Katy Perry?… Read the rest

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I Was Drunk And Forgot Which Waffle House I Parked My Car At

I was listening to the radio yesterday and heard a story about excuses for being late to work. The best one was, “I was drunk and forgot which Waffle House I parked my car at.” That is awesome. I can’t imagine walking into my bosses office and saying, “Sorry boss, I went out last night and got blasted. In fact I was so drunk I went to get some chicken and waffles. Damnest thing happened, I can’t find my car.” This has to be a joke. I can’t imagine anyone using that as an excuse. You know what else I… Read the rest

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What You Can Learn About Dog Training From George Washington

We made it. The storm hit and I have a four foot snow drift by the back door but we made it. They said it was supposed to be one of the worst storms in the last 100 years. They exaggerated…..again. Whatever. It allowed me to catch up on some reading which I love to do and history is a favorite subject. Read one interesting story about Washington’s crossing the Delaware on Christmas night. Washington’s troops were on the ropes. They were tattered and in terrible shape. The Hessian commander thought they would never mount an attack. The commander was… Read the rest

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Video Shows How To STOP Jumping In 3 Minutes Or Less

As you read this we are hunkered down here in the Northeast. Supposed to be one of the top ten worst storms of all time. I think that is a lot of hype but we’ll see. I made a big batch of pemmican and have gallons of water. We should be good. No milk and bread here. Anyway, you don’t tune in for weather updates. You come here for hard hitting, educational, highly entertaining dog training info and today you are in luck because of a video I am going to share with you. Yesterday’s email discussed a video I… Read the rest

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Doing this Could Save Your Dog’s Life

The dog was nervous. I couldn’t blame him. He had just been lifted onto the table and the women I worked animal control with and I had to hold him. I looked at this dog and wondered. I wondered where he came from. I wondered who his family was before he came into my life. I wondered what kind of dog he would be in the house. I wondered if I could take him home. We had been told that he was brought to the shelter because the family said the dog was too much work. That he jumped on… Read the rest

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How To Deal With A Dog That Gave The Owner 8 Stitches And A Broken Rib

One of the most important books I ever read about dog training had nothing to do with dog training. Sounds confusing but let me splain. The author in the book hammered the point that to be successful you need to learn how to do what he called “accurate thinking.” He went on to write that most people can NOT think accurately because emotion gets in the way and it shuts down their thinking. Emotion overrides rational thinking and snap decisions and opinions are made without truly thinking everything through. You would think it would be easy to think accurately but… Read the rest

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What The Heck Is Umbilical Cord Training?

Question that came into ADTM central yesterday: Hi Eric, I really enjoy receiving your emails 🙂 However, I didn’t understand some of the suggestions in the last one; what exactly is an “x-pen” and “umbilical cord training”? Thank you so much, Angela Good question Angela. In case you missed yesterday’s email I was talking about housetraining and taking small, 1% steps to solve any behavior problem or teach any command. I listed some steps you could follow for housetraining and I mentioned x-pens and umbilical cord training. So let’s discuss housetraining a little further. Housetraining is mostly about management and… Read the rest

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Here’s What to Do When Nothing Seems To Work

The Tour De France. Everyone knows it as one of sport’s most grueling races, covering 2,262 miles. Dave Brailsford knew all about the race and was faced with a job that had never been done before. He was faced with the task of helping Great Britain win the race. The problem? No British cyclist had ever won the Tour De France. Brailsford did not come in and make massive changes. Instead he followed a concept that he truly believed in. A simple concept that helped Team Sky (Great Britain’s cycling team) to win the Tour De France three years later.… Read the rest

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We’re Going To Need A Bigger Boat

Saw something last night that I’ve never seen before. I’ve seen a lot of dogs do a lot of different behaviors – stuff that would scare you, disgust you, make you laugh and impress you. But last night was different. Last night I saw a yellow lab bite and chew on a metal folding chair. It was funny and scary at the same time. The only thing I could think of was the movie Jaws and quickly told the class that….. …..”we are going to need a bigger boat!” I then talked to the owner and realized that we had… Read the rest

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8 Words That Can Help With ANY Problem

So 2015 has had a little bit of a rough start for your old friend. I generally don’t like sharing depressing news and like leaving you with a smile after you read these daily dog training emails. Here’s what happened: Last week, everyone in the house got sick. We then had a pipe freeze and burst which was then followed by a car accident. My van was backed into and it pretty much smashed the driver’s side door in completely. But….. ……I am not complaining. I am not even really that upset by any of it. Problems happen. I don’t… Read the rest

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