Discover Your Dog

In Episode 165 Bennie and Leslie look at the difference between an obedient dog and a dog who is willing to be obedient. Show Highlights Are you struggling to get your dog to obey you? Is your dog making the right choices? Is it important that your dog has a willingness to obey? Can you [...]

Bennie and Leslie lean in to a conversation about why your dog craves to be physically close to you in Episode 164 of Discover Your Dog. Show Highlights Ever had your 80 pound dog lean on your 80 year old grandma and knock her over?! Has your dog loved on your small child by leaning on them? [...]

In Episode 163 of Discover Your Dog, Bennie interviews Bart from Pet Stop about keeping your dog contained within an underground fence system. Show Highlights Do you have a fenced in yard for your dog? Having to deal with HOA s or restrictions on the type of fence you can use? Wanting to find a happy [...]

Are they fighting or just playing rough? In Episode 162 Bennie and Leslie talk about how to discern rough play from a potential fight and what to do if things escalate. Show Highlights Dog fights are a topic that most trainers and shows avoid getting into. But we see the value in knowing what to [...]

For the third anniversary episode of Discover Your Dog, Bennie tells us his top 3 communication commandments. Show Highlights As of today the show is out of it’s terrible 2’s!!! Today is the 3 Year Anniversary of the Discover Your Dog podcast! Bennie, Devin and Leslie have covered a lot of ground on how to [...]

Boo!!! Episode 160 of Discover Your Dog is all about Halloween and black cats. Show Highlights Are you ready for Halloween???!!! Concerned about goblins, black cats or witches? Is your dog ready for all the excitement of children and ringing doorbells? What about your dogs interaction with a cat? They go together like the Sanderson [...]

In episode 159 of Discover Your Dog Bennie and Leslie talk about whether or not your dog can feel guilty or remorseful for their actions. Show Highlights Ever come home to destroyed furniture or chewed up shoes? The minute you see the mess you know your dog had a field day while you were away. [...]

In episode 158 of Discover Your Dog Bennie and Leslie discuss the ins and outs of doggie doors. Show Highlights In this day and age we are all about convenience. We want things quickly, and brought right to our doorstep! Does your dog need the same convenience? Should they have 24/7 access to your yard, [...]

How often do you praise your dog for being good? This week, Bennie and Leslie talk about the praise method that actually works. Show Highlights How often do you praise your dog for being good? What is really at the heart of all you do with dogs? Are you aware of how your actions can [...]

Episode 156 is the third installment of a three-part point of view series titled Kids-n-Dogs. Show Highlights Dog and kids. We think that they go together like fish and chips. We know that is not always the case. So far in our POV series we have learned: To think about what has happened previously in [...]