by Jessica Wheatcraft | Jul 30, 2025 | Blog
This article was first published in the APDT Chronicle of the Dog, Spring 2025 issue. I made some minor edits to the original in this blog. I do not use generative AI in any of my content. Thank you for supporting human writers and our brains 🙂 “I tried treats...
by Jessica Wheatcraft | Aug 6, 2024 | Blog
This blog post is associated with the Guarding Types infographic. Scroll to the bottom to view/download Your leash reactive dog might be the guarding type if… They are suspicious of new people, but eventually warm up They don’t display the same degree of...
by Jessica Wheatcraft | Jul 21, 2024 | Blog
This blog post is associated with the Frusrated Types infographic. Scroll to the bottom to view/download Reactivity on leash can stem from many different motivations on the dog’s end, and one of the most misunderstood “types” are dogs who are frustrated....
by Jessica Wheatcraft | Jul 5, 2024 | Blog
Are Reactive Dogs Aggressive? by Jessica Wheatcraft, CDBC July 5th, 2024 I have something embarrassing to admit. When I was a baby trainer first starting out I thought that dogs who were reactive towards other dogs on leash were displaying dog aggression and should be...
by Jessica Wheatcraft | Feb 8, 2024 | Events
Empower Hour Monday, February 26th at 5:30pm PT Topic: Owner directed resource guarding Let’s talk owner directed resource guarding – where it comes from and what we can do to help clients with this issue. Lets go beyond teaching dogs to trade for items...