Pet to Pal dog training

Pet to Pal dog training Promoting calmness, obedience, general manners & fundamentals
Behavior modification
Programs available to target & correct unwanted behavior
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Professional, in-home private training. Convenient and customizable for your situation. Certified, qualified trainer. Educated and knowledgeable.

09/06/2026

Your dog behaving perfectly at home doesn’t mean they’re ready for the real world.

Eric Straetmans explains why he prefers group training over private lessons for building reliable dogs.

The goal isn’t just obedience in a quiet room. It’s having a dog that can listen around traffic, kids, other dogs, squirrels and real-world distractions.

And Eric’s advice to new group-training clients?

Don’t quit after the first three lessons.

🎙️ Full episode with Eric Straetmans of Beyond The Leash Training on the Pet To Pal Podcast.

09/05/2026

Your dog isn’t only being trained during the formal training session.

Eric Straetmans explains why the small interactions before, during and after class can have just as much impact as the actual lesson.

If your dog is jumping, pulling, ignoring commands or getting away with things while you’re waiting for class to start, you’re still teaching them something.

What you allow is what continues.

🎙️ Full episode with Eric Straetmans of Beyond The Leash Training on the Pet To Pal Podcast.

09/04/2026

“I hate board and trains.”

Eric Straetmans explains why he believes sending your dog away for six weeks to be trained doesn’t solve the most important part of the problem: the owner still has to know how to maintain the behaviour.

His philosophy is simple:

Teach the owner to train the dog, rather than doing all the work for them.

Because when the dog comes home, the trainer isn’t there anymore.

🎙️ Full episode with Eric Straetmans of Beyond The Leash Training on the Pet To Pal Podcast.

09/03/2026

A fulfilled dog doesn’t need to find its own fulfillment.

Eric Straetmans makes an important point about freedom, training and quality of life.

He argues that the question isn’t simply whether a dog wears an e-collar or a flat collar. It’s what kind of life the dog actually gets to live.

Freedom. Exercise. Training. Social experiences. Engagement with their owner.

If you aren’t fulfilling your dog’s needs, your dog is going to find its own way to stay entertained.

And that may mean squirrels, the backyard, chasing things, or ignoring you when you call.

Training creates freedom. But fulfillment gives your dog a reason to choose you.

🎙️ Full episode with Eric Straetmans of Beyond The Leash Training on the Pet To Pal Podcast.

09/03/2026

A lot of dog bites involving children could be prevented with better education.

Rodney explains how Corporate Canine Therapy’s Safe Paws program teaches kids how to approach dogs safely, ask for permission, and understand when a dog doesn’t want interaction.

They also address something that’s often overlooked: fear of dogs can be passed from parents to children.

The goal isn’t to teach kids that every dog is friendly. It’s to teach them how to be safe around dogs.

🎙️ Full episode with Rodney Kaufman of Corporate Canine Therapy on the Pet To Pal Podcast.

09/02/2026

Eric Straetmans used to be 1,000% against dog parks.

Now? His answer is a lot more nuanced.

He explains why the right dog can thrive in a dog park, while the wrong dog can create serious problems for itself and everyone around it.

His takeaway: know your dog, know their temperament, and be careful.

🎙️ Full episode with Eric Straetmans of Beyond The Leash Training on the Pet To Pal Podcast.

09/02/2026

A therapy dog is only half of the equation.

Rodney explains why he vets the handler before the dog and why, in his experience, the biggest problems have been handler-related, not dog-related.

The dog needs to be calm and reliable. But the handler needs to know how to communicate, educate, and represent the team in a corporate environment.

It’s not just a therapy dog. It’s a therapy team.

🎙️ Full episode with Rodney Kaufman of Corporate Canine Therapy on the Pet To Pal Podcast.

09/01/2026

Sometimes a dog doesn’t need to do anything.

They just need to be there. 🐶

Rodney shares a powerful story about visiting a young child recovering from major surgery. Within an hour, a Great Dane went from being a stranger to becoming a source of comfort for that child and their family.

This is the side of therapy dog work that people don’t always see.

🎙️ Full episode with Rodney Kaufman of Corporate Canine Therapy on the Pet To Pal Podcast.

08/31/2026

E-collar training might be one of the most misunderstood topics in dog training.

In this episode, Bethany Johnson of Walking Dog Training, known by many as “the e-collar person,” and I get into the conversations that usually get lost in the debate:

What actually builds confidence?
Can boundaries exist without creating fear?
Is all stress bad?
Why do so many owners struggle with reactivity?
And are we sometimes making dog training more complicated than it needs to be?

We also get into conditioned vs. unconditioned e-collar training, timing, communication, owner confidence, and where both sides of the e-collar debate might actually have more common ground than social media would suggest.

This one gets into the nuance.

🎙️ Full episode with Bethany Johnson of Walking Dog Training on the Pet To Pal Podcast.

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08/30/2026

If you want it more than the dog, it’s time to step back.

Because forcing the dog to continue can ultimately lead to stress, regression, or even a bite.

🎙️ Full episode with Rodney Kaufman of Corporate Canine Therapy on the Pet To Pal Podcast.

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