Leash Lessons

Leash Lessons: Tunnel
It is time to teach tunnel or through, or just escape from your owner by crawling into a cave. Join us in a fun leash lesson as our chaos critters…
 • A. Kristina Casasent
Leash Lessons: Drop It Like a Hot Potato
Crokell and Dante provide video demonstrations of today's Leash Lesson: Drop It! Crokell is awesome, and Dante surprises all of us.
 • A. Kristina Casasent
Leash Lessons: Come to Me, Lickety-Split! (Even for Puppy Brains)
Join Chaos Critters in cranking recall up to 100 with chase games and balanced training. Call manic pups or napping Newfies to you in no time.
 • A. Kristina Casasent
Leash Lessons: Leave It Revisited
Today we revisit an early Leash Lesson. Let's see how Dante and Crokell are doing with Leave It! We ramp up the testing with Crokell's favorite high…
 • A. Kristina Casasent
Leash Lessons: Leave it
Build your pet's real-world self-control with praise, play, and firm boundaries. With some video of Dante and Crokell, with Beleth photobombing.
 • A. Kristina Casasent
Leash Lessons: Heel with Auto-Sit
Master the Heel with Auto-Sit: From leash introductions to perfect sits. Join Dante and Crokell on their cosmic journey from worst to best. Unleash your…
 • A. Kristina Casasent
Leash Lessons: Stay during Chaos
This week Anna explains how to teach your dog to stay. She demonstrates with Crokell and (after three or four takes) with Dante in a video.
 • A. Kristina Casasent
Leash Lessons: Stand for Chaos
Today's lesson is how to stand firm in sea of chaos. We demonstrate two out of three methods of standing. We tried all three but you'll see. Happy…
 • A. Kristina Casasent
Leash Lessons: Lay Down
This week we demonstrate two of the three ways to teach "down". We also attempt this with a cat! And provide short videos. We also discuss the secrets…
 • A. Kristina Casasent
Leash Lessons: What Makes a Den?
Dante earns his first AKC title! But he still needs to work on expanding his definition of "den". Join us on a voyage of adventure and sitting around…
 • A. Kristina Casasent
Leash Lessons: Keeping Your Cool
This week we discuss keeping yourself cool (mentally). We didn't realize HOT wasn't an acronym but a description of the dog training club. There's puppy…
 • A. Kristina Casasent
Leash Lessons: Top 10 Commands!
We recap the top 10 commands for dog training, with dog and puppy examples of each. We ask you which commands you want to learn first! Plus, we talk…
 • A. Kristina Casasent
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