Implement These 5 Principles And Have A Relationship With Your Dog That Everyone Is Jealous Of
Want a dog relationship that turns heads? In this episode Kati walks through five practical principles that create clarity, respect, and real connection with your dog — not just obedience for obedience’s sake. She opens with a frank trigger warning and then jumps into stories you can use: how a gentle dog named Kimber is sweet and capable but still needs clear boundaries, and what happened when Joyce was away and Kimber was introduced to an e‑collar without the right preparation.
You’ll hear why consistency, clear communication, measured corrections, accountability, and follow‑through are the foundations of a calm, reliable companion. Kati breaks down what “sending the right message” looks like in everyday scenarios — from walks where reactivity could flare to small mistakes that often get treated like big crimes — and why a predictable language and proportionate corrections stop problems before they escalate.
If you want to go deeper, Kati and Joyce offer an online e‑collar course and one‑on‑one training through Diamond Canine, and they share free videos on social to help you practice these principles at home. Questions or topic ideas? Kati invites listener mail and feedback throughout the episode.
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Minute-by-Minute Breakdown
- 00:00-00:59 – Welcome to Off Leash and Unfiltered Trigger Warning.
- 01:00-01:59 – it's all right.
- 02:00-02:59 – together.
- 03:00-03:59 – um, and really, really smart, and she can be very well behaved, but she has to know there are boundaries.
- 04:00-04:59 – wouldn't react on a walk or on a trail to men or other dogs.
- 05:00-05:59 – with them, spoiling them, and no <laugh>.
- 06:00-06:59 – that one side, what you get is a dog, like I just described with Kimber.
- 07:00-07:59 – the softest, sweetest dog guys.
- 08:00-08:59 – is wrong.
- 09:00-09:59 – Joyce had to leave me for a week or so, um, to deal with some family stuff.
- 10:00-10:59 – Um, and the first time that she experimented with her eco level, Kimber, terrified, terrified, terrifi like trying to run away, spinning her wheels, freaking out.
- 11:00-11:59 – to do the things right?
- 12:00-12:59 – But if someone said, bake cupcakes, well, I have to know how to do that.
- 13:00-13:59 – holding them accountable.
- 14:00-14:59 – and deliver the correction.
- 15:00-15:59 – language that tells them that thing, that thing you just did, that's going to lead to a correction, even though it might take a minute.
- 16:00-16:59 – consider that, um, a big crime and deserves a big punishment.
- 17:00-17:59 – put it to bed.
- 18:00-18:59 – That's a healthy relationship.
- 19:00-19:59 – are safe.
- 20:00-20:59 – real tangible consequences, both positive and negative real boundaries, real clear expectations, real consequences, um, that are predictable and understandable.
- 21:00-21:59 – What will work is taking the reins and working with the dog the way we show you two to start building a relationship of fairness.
- 22:00-22:59 – that predicts a consequence, especially negative ones, is important because you don't want your dog walking around thinking, oh, sometimes like I just get struck by lightning when…
- 23:00-23:59 – And if you don't, if you say no and the dog stops doing the thing and then you don't follow through with that consequence, then they just go…
- 24:00-24:59 – So think intolerable level, whatever that is for your dog.
- 25:00-25:59 – the right thing isn't always supposed to feel good.
- 26:00-26:59 – Okay?
- 27:00-27:59 – here.
- 28:00-28:59 – And on the other end of that, they have the training under their belt.
- 29:00-29:59 – it's sit, right?
- 30:00-30:59 – not comfortable going under the bench.
- 31:00-31:59 – stringent boundaries about the expectation.
- 32:00-32:59 – So if you've ever seen someone holding a leash with a dog that's doing their own thing, the dog will go to the end of the leash sniffing,…
- 33:00-33:59 – And take a dog like Atlas, if you're familiar at all with Atlas, if you follow my stuff, you've probably seen him.
- 34:00-34:59 – 'cause there's a firm boundary there and he knows it.
- 35:00-35:59 – And lastly, fun.
- 36:00-36:59 – the ball around.
- 37:00-37:59 – listen to them.
- 38:00-38:59 – yeah, play with your dog, that's great.
- 39:00-39:59 – don't do that.
- 40:00-40:59 – You have both.