Online behavior consulting sessions offer unprecedented flexibility in terms of getting help for your dog’s behavior issues. This has been important during the era of the coronavirus and it will continue to be important as our lives resume their busier than ever, back to normal quality. There are many advantages to doing online sessions, including ease of scheduling in terms of time and distance. I have worked with clients in such diverse locations as the Yukon to Hawaii and the United Kingdom. In an online session, we do almost everything that is possible during an in-home session, including live exercises and real time coaching. A special advantage of online sessions for dogs who worry about their environment or struggle with aggressive behavior is that an unknown person entering their space often creates yet another layer of stress. This makes eliminating such stress a big positive. Because of this, training in online sessions is often much more productive than in home training for these dogs . If you've never tried online sessions, contact me now to open up a whole new realm of possibilities for you and and your canine family member(s).
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I am delighted to say that my article, "The Cognitive Revolution and Everyday Dog Training: the Case of Look at That" has been awarded the 2018 Maxwell Medallion for best magazine article on dog behavior and training! This is like winning a Grammy for dog writing and is awarded annually by the Dog Writers Association of America, an organization devoted to promoting excellence in journalism about dogs. You can find this article, along with several other that I have published, on the "Dog Training Articles" page. The "Behavior Matters!" article was also selected as a finalist for the 2018 Maxwell Medallion award.
" You are such a gorgeous teacher Laura Donaldson. So supportive, experienced, incredibly observant, insightful, thoughtful, give amazing feedback & so kind"
"You have won our hearts with all your miracles. Our gratitude is boundless. Tonight, for the first time, Coby got on the raised bed himself and just relaxed. He was dressed to go out for his evening walk, but Wegman's software was giving me problems. While he waited for me, he simply hopped on the bed!"
I have a client I am working with right now that I have encouraged to take your Slow Thinking course this Fall. I have been using some of your teachings on her with her dogs and she has reported to her therapist that since her dog trainer has been working with her, she has managed to get better sleep at night. She is an army veteran who has major PTSD and has been on 15 deployments. She has two dogs with high levels of anxiety-thus the protocol. She loves the methods and has seen huge improvements with her dogs........ and herself LOL