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At TGD we’ve been training dogs and helping owners find answers and find their way for over 15 years. We’re experts in everything from puppy training to adult off-leash obedience, but are likely best known for our extensive work with extremely serious behavior cases. If you have any questions about our programs, pricing, philosophy, or are looking to book a spot, please visit our website at www.th

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We also have an extensive line of our own very special training gear (leashes, collars etc.) These are available at www.TheGoodDogWay.com

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Okay, I’m handing this one off to all of you folks who actually know. Feel free to fill Ms. Tania in on all the sweet, s...
05/31/2026

Okay, I’m handing this one off to all of you folks who actually know.

Feel free to fill Ms. Tania in on all the sweet, soft, pleasantries of training of yesteryear.

PS, and yes, Ms. Tania managed to skip the details of my post which shared some of the less savory aspects of the true “old school.” You know, always best to become outraged, comment first, and then maybe just maybe think later. But I doubt it. :)

Okay, I have to run. I’m on a cross-country road trip and have no time to dive into this stupendously stupid comment fro...
05/31/2026

Okay, I have to run. I’m on a cross-country road trip and have no time to dive into this stupendously stupid comment from the wise folks at The Karen Pryor Institute Of Aggressive Dog Training.

If you want to know why so many dogs are medicated and euthanized by these highly skilled folks, this deeply nuanced take on dog aggression should help to clarify.

Sadly, this same belief (and expertise) is often extended to reactivity, resource guarding, separation anxiety, and countless other behavior issues that are rarely anything more than a dog who’s never been told “no” in any effective fashion.

Feel free to respond to our esteemed colleague.

This comment is a perfect example of passive aggressive, biased, reason-free arguments against e-collars. Someone claims...
05/31/2026

This comment is a perfect example of passive aggressive, biased, reason-free arguments against e-collars.

Someone claims to remember watching purpose-bred working dogs, selected for a highly specific job, handled by highly skilled people, in a highly specific environment, 50 years ago — and then tries to leverage that narrow anecdotal memory as some kind of sweeping argument against e-collars… and we all know it’s in bad faith.

A sheepdog trial in Wales is not the modern pet dog world.

It’s not a reactive dog in suburbia. It’s not a nervous rescue melting down on a city sidewalk. It’s not a powerful adolescent dog dragging its owner. It’s not aggression, resource guarding, fence fighting, car chaos, leash insanity, bad genetics, weak nerves, poor raising, or an owner with no timing, no clarity, no confidence, and no leverage.

This is what happens when people confuse anecdote, nostalgia, and personal memory with actual evidence… and it’s rarely an “innocent” mistake.

They take one emotionally appealing example, strip away all the context, ignore the genetics, ignore the selection process, ignore the handler skill, ignore the environment, ignore the massive difference between working-dog culture and pet-dog chaos — and then use the whole thing as if it refutes an entire tool, an entire methodology, and an entire world of dogs and owners they’re conveniently ignoring.

Kindergarten reasoning, logic, and wisdom — or just very conscious propaganda — dressed up as moral superiority.

PS, remember, they ain’t trying to help you or your dog, they only want to continue to nurture their delusional beliefs. Consume these messages with appropriate caution, and healthy derision.

My recent post about the value and utility of e-collar training has brought out the usual flawed, and nonsensical argume...
05/31/2026

My recent post about the value and utility of e-collar training has brought out the usual flawed, and nonsensical arguments. And just to be clear, I don’t take the time to create these responses hoping to change the mind of the commenter, I do it to help offset the onslaught of online bu****it owners have to wade through… and maybe help them better find their way.

Here’s my response to Stephen👇

This is childish reasoning combined with the usual hubris born of ignorance and lack of experience.

You admit you don’t even understand the tool you’re commenting on, provide zero evidence, cite one unverified dog, and judge the outcome by your own vague, low-standard interpretation.

And even then, your own description includes yelling, repeated commands (because they don’t work), and an inability to reliably control prey drive.

One-dog anecdotes don’t refute tools, methods, experience, standards, thousands of dogs’ worth of real-world outcomes… and they certainly don’t grant you any moral high ground. They reveal the person offering them to be infantile in their perceptions and thinking—confusing a single sample with a universal outcome.
That’s not thinking, that’s an adult showcasing adolescent reasoning in public.

You’re comment, and thought process is the embodiment of:

“My grandpa smoked every day and lived to 92. So smoking can’t be that dangerous.”

“I got rear-ended without wearing a seatbelt and was fine. So seatbelts are overrated.”

Lord help all of us to endure the social media driven platforming of the left side of the bell curve.

PS, if I sound nasty or mean, it’s because comments like this—whether intentionally deceptive, or just ignorance-based—create fear, confusion, and derail countless owners trying to find their way. And the downstream impact on these dogs and owners are indeed horrific.

05/29/2026

How we teach all of our clients to hold the leash!

Here’s a super short and super simple single-handed leash grip tutorial.

This is the grip we teach all of our clients. It’s incredibly safe and secure… even when life springs the inevitable surprise on you and your dog.

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This is a common, but highly flawed argument. The reasoning goes like this: 1/ If they trained dogs to recall before e-c...
05/29/2026

This is a common, but highly flawed argument.

The reasoning goes like this:

1/ If they trained dogs to recall before e-collars, then why do we need them?

2/ If countries have them banned, then there must be a better way that dogs are trained to recall.

Answer to argument #1: Some of the common approaches for recall training sans e-collars included throw chains (thrown near the dog to startle the dog for non-compliance); slingshots and BB guns (used to hit the dog at a distance for non-compliance), “clothesline” recalls (where a very thin line was tied around the dog’s waist and the command was given right before the dog hit the end of it, creating a very painful response for non-compliance.)

Answer to argument #2: Just because countries have banned the tool doesn’t mean that they’ve magically devised an effective replacement. They haven’t. All these places allow positive-reinforcement food-based only training. Of course many will passionately argue that these approaches “work for all dogs, if given enough time, patience and repetition.” But anyone who’s worked with dogs, and who is honest will tell you that only a very small percentage of dogs will respond reliably to this approach… especially under intense distractions. Most dogs will have unreliable, “fingers crossed” positive-only recalls. Which means most dogs will never know a life off of a leash, or if they do, it will be a dangerous gamble for both the dog and others around the dog.

Proper e-collar training solves both the effectiveness aspect, as well as the “easy on the dog” aspect.

Don’t allow poor arguments and reasoning to lead you to believe that there’s some magical replacement for high-quality e-collar work and high-quality modern e-collar tools. They’re the greatest gift to dogs and owners I’ve seen in my lifetime… but those who live in the land of delusion and emotions, rather than reality… are desperate for you to not realize this.

05/28/2026

How To Get Great Contact With Your E-Collar…

A critical first step to successful E-Collar training is ensuring you have great, consistent contact. This can be a challenge, especially for dogs with longer fur.

In this clip Marta walks a client through the process step by step.

A few other things we do that might help with your E-Collar fit, comfort, and contact:

👉 We use bungee straps with every dog. These ensure that the collar expands or contracts depending on your dog’s movement or if they’ve been exercising. Which ensures solid contact and comfort.
👉 We use E-Collar Technologies comfort wings (instead of the standard contact points) on almost every dog. (Super short haired dogs are the exception.) The wings (there are multiple versions) are game changers for dogs with medium to long fur, AND they flex a bit which means they’re also more comfortable.
👉 We mark the collar hole with a sharpee on BOTH the outside and inside of the strap so it’s easy to see where you want to adjust to. This ensures no guessing and consistent fit every time.

PS, you can also add a quick release buckle that makes things even quicker/easier.

PPS, please remember to always rotate collar every 3-4 hours to prevent pressure sores.

PPPS, also remember, that while E-Collar Technologies E-Collars and remotes are waterproof — so your dog can swim or be in the rain without worry — that if your dog gets wet, after the activity remove the E-Collar until your dog is completely dry. Moisture trapped under the collar is a sure fire way to create neck irritation.

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