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Minimizing Your Dog’s Stress This Halloween

Planning ahead: tips from Cincinnati Certified Dog Trainer Lisa Desatnik for minimizing your dog's stress this Halloween. Photo: dog wearing a Halloween costume with a child trick-or-treater in the background

While Halloween is a lot of fun for kids and kids at heart, trick-or-treating night can be difficult for our dogs. There are many strange noises, sights and activity, and sometimes dogs are forced to wear costumes they do not like. Some dogs enjoy seeing the trick-or-treaters but can be prone to jumping on them […]

Are You Paying Attention To Your Dog’s Body Language?

Cincinnati dog trainer Lisa Desatnik interacting with a wire-haired dachshund puppy.

Paying attention to your dog’s body language and communication builds trust and comfort. It can go a long way to support your dog’s need for safety in his interactions with you. Teaching your children how to recognize this is also very important. If you live in the Cincinnati area, I have free kids classes on […]

How Shaking His Mat Helped Teach This Dog To Come

How shaking his mat helped teach this dachshund dog to come when called.

Apparently, Charlie – a dachshund dog – saw a whole different use for this mat other than the use his guardians had gotten it for. That is ok. Look at what fun shaking his mat was giving him! This is an outlet for him to do natural behaviors for him as a dachshund. And he […]

Teaching Your Dog To Go To Place

Benefits of teaching your dog to go to a place; and how to train your dog to go to place. Photo: a goldendoodle dog laying on her place, which is a dog bed

I have posted many photos and videos of dogs on or going to a ‘place’.  Teaching go to place was an early behavior I taught my dog, Dawson, when he was a puppy. There are a lot of reasons why this dog training lesson is important. There are a lot of reasons why this dog […]

Habituation and Sensitization

Understanding habituation vs sensitization in dog training. Photo: golden retriever dog on leash in downtown street

Understanding habituation and sensitization is important when it comes to supporting your dog (or other pet). This post explains their meaning, and the role of systematic desensitization and counterconditioning in changing how your dog feels and behaves.

Kids Can Make Dog Enrichment Activities

Getting your kids involved with creating enrichment for your dog, is great for building dog friendship. Pictured: for her dog's enrichment, this girl is hiding pieces of food in a blanket

Have kids or grandkids…and a family dog? Getting them involved in creating enrichment activities for your dog is a wonderful way for them to build positive associations with each other. Your kids can have loads of fun in the process…and then watch your dog have fun with his enrichment activity! It is a win-win for […]

Dog Training To Counter Condition July 4 Fear

It was July 4 and everyone likes a good fireworks show on the Fourth of July, right? Wrong! Many dogs are afraid of July 4 fireworks. This is not about family dog safety during fireworks. It is about desensitization and counter conditioning to overcome fear of going outside after our dog had a traumatic holiday.

It was July 4 and everyone likes a good fireworks show on the Fourth of July, right? Wrong! Many dogs are afraid of July 4 fireworks. This is not about family dog safety during fireworks. It is about counter conditioning to overcome fear of going outside after our dog had a traumatic holiday.

This Rescue Dog Inspires Hope

This rescue dog inspires hope for other rescue dog adopters. Violet is a Pitbull mix. Her humans reached out to Certified Dog Trainer Lisa Desatnik for support. This is her story of going from struggling with anxiety-rooted reactivity to living a fulfilling life.

This rescue dog inspires hope for other rescue dog adopters. Violet is a Pitbull mix. Her humans reached out to me, as a certified dog trainer, for support. This is her story of going from struggling with anxiety-rooted reactivity to living a fulfilling life.

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