Pledges to Rid the Streets of Unruly Dogs.

“Everybody thinks they’re God’s gift to dog training,” my friend and co-trainer Alex exclaimed.

And Alex would know. He’s worked directly with Cesar Milan, so he knows what “good” looks like.

Why the comment from Alex?

We were at a local dog park in Houston, preparing for yet another protection dog competition. Alex spotted a newbie trainer, barking commands like a bossy rat terrier.

“Sit!…stay, stay, stay…

Place!….stay, stay, stay….

Come!….stay, stay, stay….c’mon, please stay!”

The cries of desperation were a bit cringey, to say the least.

“Any good trainer knows that “stay” should never be part of a dog’s training vocabulary,” Alex went on.

I had taught Alex well. “Stay” should absolutely never be a command in a dog’s vocabulary (more on this in a bit).

The inexperienced trainer appeared to be working with a new client, and was having a tough time of it.

But seeing the occasional inexperienced trainer at the dog park wasn’t enough to get me fired up. Honestly, I was having too much fun in protection competitions to be bothered.

Then, something unexpected happened…

The trainer saw someone she knew parked alongside the road, and went to shake their hand. Meanwhile, the dog (who was to her right) noticed a squirrel, and cut hard to the left.

The trainer wasn’t looking, tripped over the dog, and “full-on” face-planted into the sidewalk.

Alex and I rushed to her aid. She managed to save her teeth in the fall, but her chin didn’t look so good. I marched over to the truck and grabbed my first-aid kit.

Protection practice was over.

And to think, if she had just known about one of my not-so-secret dog training tips, none of this would have happened.

So preventable…

Later that Day

But it wasn’t until I got a call from my girlfriend that night that I started to boil over.

“Hey, babe, Steve and Martha have to cancel the pool party tonight.”

Pool meaning billiards – I love myself a good game of pool, especially when friends and a couple cervesas are involved.

“What, why?! Did they get infected with that new variant or something??”

“No….Mike, it’s their puppy.”

“Go on.”

“Apparently, their puppy…it defecated all over the floors. Martha went into full panic mode and called a clean-up crew.”

“I thought those crews are just for fires and, you know, real disasters!?”

“Well, I guess the hardwood floors are already stained.”

“Babe, didn’t you tell Martha and Steve about my trick?”

“Well, you tell it so much better than me…but you’ve been gone for the last 4 weekends at your competitions…and it hasn’t even been that long since we heard they got a puppy.”

“But it’s so easy to…”

“I know, but…”

We went on like this for a few minutes, but it didn’t matter.

Now pool with the boys was cancelled, too.

That’s it. I’ve had enough.

I’m the kind of guy who sees a problem and immediately looks for a solution.

And when I witnessed these totally fixable dog issues, I couldn’t just shrug my shoulders and hope someone else would come along and help these people.

But I was retired from obedience training, right?

Eh, retirement’s overrated.

At that moment, I knew what I had to do. I became a man on a mission.

Now, just for booking a totally free dog training consultation call, I’m going to reveal 3 of my all-time favorite dog training secrets, including:

• Why “stay” should never be in your dog’s vocabulary.
• Why you should always keep your dog on one particular side of your body (get this wrong, and you leave yourself open to all sorts of vulnerabilities).
• How to save hundreds of dollars on puppy potty training.