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How To Love A Fearful Dog

How To Love A Fearful Dog

by Kate LaSala | Apr 18, 2022 | Dog Training, Dogs and Babies and Kids, Fear, Aggression and Reactivity, Rescue Dogs

You want to know what makes me weep? When I see people, often well-meaning but grossly mistaken, telling others that their fearful dog “just needs love” to get better. This is akin to telling someone with a fractured leg that they just need love to heal...
What Do Dog Training and Marathon Training Have In Common?

What Do Dog Training and Marathon Training Have In Common?

by Kate LaSala | Apr 4, 2022 | Dog Training, Fear, Aggression and Reactivity, Rescue Dogs, Separation Anxiety

  If you’ve ever exercised a lot or trained for a big event, you’re familiar with interval training. This idea of mixing high intensity practices with periods of rest or easier practices is a concept encourage my clients to use when training their...
Grief Resources For Pet Loss

Grief Resources For Pet Loss

by Kate LaSala | Mar 28, 2022 | Dog Training, Dog Training Regulation, Dogs and Babies and Kids, Fear, Aggression and Reactivity, Pet Loss & Grieving, Rescue Dogs, Separation Anxiety

Updated: I am an end-of-life companion animal doula. You can read more about my service offerings here. Resources last updated 5/14/25. (Barbo and BooBoo have both passed but I’m keeping this text preserved.) I’ve written before about how I share my life...
5 Secrets To Successful Training Sessions

5 Secrets To Successful Training Sessions

by Kate LaSala | Mar 7, 2022 | Dog Training, Fear, Aggression and Reactivity, Rescue Dogs, Resource Guarding

  Are you ready to set you and your dog up for successful training sessions? Here’s 5 secrets to help make your training sessions the most effective and efficient they can be. Keep your sessions short. For basic skills, try to train in 10-15 minute blocks....
4 Steps To Stranger Danger Training

4 Steps To Stranger Danger Training

by Kate LaSala | Feb 28, 2022 | Dog Training, Fear, Aggression and Reactivity, Rescue Dogs

  When you have a dog who is afraid of stranger and leash reactive, it can make walks and just living your life, very challenging. It’s embarrassing, disruptive and in some cases, possibly dangerous. But there are things we can do in the course of training...
Top 5 Blog Posts

Top 5 Blog Posts

by Kate LaSala | Feb 21, 2022 | Dog Training, Fear, Aggression and Reactivity, Rescue Dogs, Separation Anxiety

  I recently shared my 100th blog post. To help celebrate this milestone, I dug into my site stats to see what resonates with you, my clients, my readers. Here is a recap for you of my top 5 most visited posts: Decompression: 9 Ways To Help Your New Dog Adjust To...
The Myth of Littermate Syndrome

The Myth of Littermate Syndrome

by Kate LaSala | Feb 7, 2022 | Dog Training, Dog Training Regulation, Fear, Aggression and Reactivity, Separation Anxiety

  If you’ve been here a while, you know I’m a huge advocate for evidence based training, continuing education and debunking myths that can be harmful or misleading. In all my work with rescues and shelters, every single one has ascribed to the myth of...
Fear Is Not Disobedience

Fear Is Not Disobedience

by Kate LaSala | Jan 31, 2022 | Dog Training, Dogs and Babies and Kids, Fear, Aggression and Reactivity, Rescue Dogs

  FEAR IS NOT DISOBEDIENCE. Yes, I’m screaming.  If I could reach my rooftop I’d scream this from there.  As someone who specializes in fear and aggression cases, so often I come across clients who are frustrated with their dog “not...
My Biggest Mistake

My Biggest Mistake

by Kate LaSala | Jan 24, 2022 | Dog Training, Dog Training Regulation, Fear, Aggression and Reactivity, Rescue Dogs

  “I did then what I knew how to do. Now that I know better, I do better.” -Maya Angelou This is Bandit. He was my first dog as an adult, long before I was a certified and highly credentialed trainer and behavior consultant. While he wasn’t the...
How Did I Get Here?

How Did I Get Here?

by Kate LaSala | Jan 10, 2022 | Dog Training, Fear, Aggression and Reactivity, Rescue Dogs

  Every once in a while, a dog enters your life and changes everything. -Unknown I love this saying. Maybe because it really hits home. With so many new people to my blog and newsletter, I thought I’d take this opportunity to tell my story a little bit....
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