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In this episode Kati walks through a striking case: a tiny rescue named Niblet who was defecating around 13 times a day and then eating the output…

Kati Peppe opens this episode of Off Leash and Unfiltered from a fleeting Maine summer — she’s even headed into the Northern Maine woods soon —…

In this episode Kati tackles the taboo topic of punishment—why aversive control shows up in so many training plans, how it gets used poorly, and how…

This Consultation Files episode digs into a severe separation-anxiety case that had become life‑consuming for the owner: the dog panicked if left…

Once you teach your dog what the word no means, they tend to be very responsive to the word.

Here are a few that I get asked a lot. Have you ever had a dog you couldn't train?

Especially around fussing in the kennel, but there are hundreds of contexts this can be a concern, and luckily, they are all mostly handled the same…

We often get dogs that have struggled for years, and the environment is always a factor in the path that the dog is on. It is imperative that we change…

I love this episode, guys. I’m talking about all the amazing things you can do for you and your dog through training. This might be as simple as teaching sit or it might be using sit as a way to help your dog overcome fear or it might be as in depth as using e-collar skills to help your dog avert their gaze from a trigger that makes them uncomfortable. This is the whole reason that we keep some dogs

Sometimes we tend to treat certain moments like they are unimportant because they are brief in nature (like walking to the car) but the fact is ALL moments are important, and all moments are learning moments. But at the core, I think it’s really unnatural for people to communicate physically because as humans we primarily communicate verbally. Your dog will absolutely take control if you aren’t in control and you can only accomplish that if you physically communicate and enforce