We welcome California-based trainer Forrest Micke to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Forrest answers real-world training questions around the relationship between socialization, dog daycare, and the rise of overexcitement and leash reactivity in dogs. He also dives into building better engagement through tug play, helping puppies learn to bring toys back, and creating more interactive, rewarding play sessions with their owners.

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We welcome Utah-based trainer Brian Agnew to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Brian answers real-world training questions around working with dogs that are both blind and deaf, setting realistic expectations, and building communication through tactile cues, leash pressure, and other training strategies. He also dives into resource guarding, including key differences between guarding from humans versus other dogs, and practical approaches for creating safer, more reliable behavior around food, toys, and other valued items.

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We welcome Canada-based trainer Evan Doggett to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Evan answers real-world training questions around dog nutrition, supplement recommendations, and the role gut health plays in behavior and overall wellness. He also dives into everyday foods that can improve a dog’s health, fermented foods and mushroom supplementation, plus strategies for handling leash reactivity, fixation, and timing around triggers during walks.

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We welcome our host Tyler Muto to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Tyler answers real-world training questions around dogs reacting to TV stimuli and struggling with fixation even after structured reactivity work, plus troubleshooting engagement and positioning on walks using Walking Behind concepts. He also dives into handling submissive urination and unusual post-behavior patterns, working with blind or sensory-limited dogs in reactive situations, and addressing crate barking and downtime behavior in high-drive dogs.

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We welcome Canada-based trainer Sarah Dixon to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Sarah answers real-world training questions around resource guarding during play, especially when toys trigger pushy or controlling behavior with other dogs. She also dives into breaking fixation on walks, helping dogs navigate stranger anxiety in public settings, and managing behaviors like whining in the car to create calmer, more reliable routines.

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We welcome California-based trainer Cheri Wulff Lucas to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Cheri answers real-world training questions around off-leash dogs that ignore recall and struggle with overexcitement around other dogs, even with e-collar conditioning. She also dives into handling growling in the home during everyday routines, and how to address crate anxiety and persistent barking to build calmer, more reliable behavior.

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We welcome Utah-based trainer Brian Agnew to the Consider The Dog stage! Today, Brian answers real-world training questions around building recall with dogs that lack food and toy motivation, and what to do when engagement completely falls apart in stimulating environments. He also dives into the truth behind air biting vs real biting, managing predatory behavior around children without increasing frustration, and how lifestyle factors like daycare can impact reactivity and arousal around other dogs.

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We welcome Canada-based trainer Evan Doggett to the Consider The Dog Stage! Today, Evan answers real-world training questions around the divide in the dog training industry, using the e-collar with leash reactive dogs, and addressing dangerous behaviors like car chasing. He also dives into preventing fence jumping while maintaining healthy socialization, and how to create clear, consistent communication in challenging situations.

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