This week we will show you an example of station training with Walter. Stationing is when you teach an animal to go to a spot or...

Door and guest greeting behaviors are a common issue we work with. By combining multiple behaviors such as "station" and "stay" we can...

Meet Walter. Walter had food guarding issues. At one point Walter was at risk of being rehomed. He developed a food guarding issue to the...

Nail trimming. Everyone’s favorite activity, or not so much. This goes back to what is known as cooperative care. Cooperative care is...

A lot of people have asked, “How do you get the dog to listen?” Well that is at the core of all training. The methodology I use is known...

Potty training an easy bit of behavior training that can turn frustrating. Some key things to remember when potty training is to always,...

Buchman Bestial Behaviors will be at Barktoberfest on October 27th. We have a booth all day, but will also be giving a talk at 1pm. Our...

I often get asked if you can train a dog to fetch. The answer I give is . . . yes . . . and no. You can with operant conditioning teach...

Meg asked about how to desensitize an animal from something it has learned a fear. In her friends case the dog was maced and developed an...

Finally getting to respond to some questions that were asked in August. Many of the questions were solved with what is known as...

Had a fun update with a client recently. We worked on the new command "jump". After a few minutes I was able to tranfer the command to...

Recently Oscar was being "stubborn" for the down cue. This began me thinking about all the times I am told about someone's dog is being...

Jeanette, has a difficult situation with a neighbor child. Unfortunately there is no easy solution for this. First and foremost, the...

Shayla asked how to get her young pup to stop jumping. The basics of it are covered in this video. Differential reinforcers are powerful...