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Smoother Sessions, Better Results: Embracing Clean Behavior Loops We are hoping that you, the reader of this post, are doing great and that the content

This post is all about the value of practising your mechanics! Mechanics = all the physical movements you require during a training session…

Training chin rests & cooperative care behaviours Recently we have been having a lot of fun within the Animal Training Academy Membership focusing on chin

Taking your cat for a walk [with Mellisa Millet] A lot of our Animal Training Academy members work towards being able to take their cats

4 ideas for training voluntary ear flushes [with Chirag Patel] Recently we were super lucky to have the fantastic Chirag Patel join us live within

Being authentic on social media Wifey has often told me I must clean my office more while filming training videos with Fibi-dog! I’ve always been

NOTE: This blog post was initially created in 2019, but I wanted to re-share some of the awesomeness from my Cyber Scent experience! – So here are [another] 5 of my favourite training videos of mine [Ryan Cartlidge] and Fibi’s scent work adventure back in 2019.

NOTE: This blog post was initially created in 2019, but I wanted to re-share some of the awesomeness from my Cyber Scent experience! – So here are 5 of my favourite training videos of mine [Ryan Cartlidge] and Fibi’s scent work adventure back in 2019.

[Part 2] – Change your life; by reaching out to other animal trainers… In part one of this blog, we talked about why you might

Can I tell you a secret? [a fun behaviour to train] This week I [ATA’s founder Ryan Cartlidge] thought I would share a fun behaviour

Change your life – by reaching out to other animal trainers… Have you ever felt that you would like to ask another animal trainer for

Open mouth behaviour [on Kikopup’s YouTube channel] Have you trained an open mouth behaviour with your animal/s before? You might want to do this to

Five ideas to help with recall training… I consider a reliable recall a – ‘foundation behaviour’ – and one that allows our dogs more freedom.

[Practical exercise] – Your 2022 animal training goals, Splitting not lumping ? Happy 2022! I feel the start of a new year can offer a

Stuck on what behaviour to train next? Have you ever taken a break from training? And/or struggled to find your mojo regarding what behaviours you

[Animal Training Consults] Ideas for working with your human learners… This story is based on real events * I’ve been recently working with a client/human

Have you considered this loose leash walking approach? Over the years and through many conversations with various trainers we’ve heard lots of different thoughts, ideas,