School For The Dogs Podcast - Dog Training & Animal Behavior with Annie Grossman

Training a dog where to pee and poop is a major priority for most new dog owners. But there is a lot of misinformation o... Read more

Leashes, collars and harnesses are some of the first accessories most dog owners acquire when they get a dog, and very s... Read more

There are three major ingredients required in any positive reinforcement-based dog training plan. They are: Management, ... Read more

Annie answers questions from listeners dealing with jumpy dogs, and also addresses how to acclimate a nervous dog to all... Read more

In this Q+A episode, Annie answers a question from a puppy owner whose dog is scared of the crate and stresses out when ... Read more

After years of researching breeds, Joanie Comenzo of Manhattan decided to get a Welsh Terrier. When she went to pick up ... Read more

As much as we want our dogs to be social beings, the sad fact is that city streets are not an ideal place for leashed do... Read more

In 2011, Annie Grossman and Kate Senisi were both trying to figure out how to make a business out of dog training. They ... Read more

A few years ago, after years of volunteering at rescue organizations and owning both shelter pups and purebred dogs, Che... Read more

So, you have a carefully engineered environment (see: The Dog Training Triad Part 1) where your dog is likely to do lots... Read more

Every dog already knows how to lie down -- your dog lies down all the time! The trick to training a "down" is to teach y... Read more

Annie interviews Brooklyn-based dog food entrepreneur (and sometimes trapeze artist) Hanna Mandelbaum on why it matters ... Read more

Positive Reinforcement, Negative Reinforcement, Positive Punishment and Negative Reinforcement: You may have heard these... Read more

Nipping is something that tends to drive new puppy owners batty. A lot of the advice you'll find on the Internet suggest... Read more

Everyone is impressed by a dog whose eyes meets a human's gaze with magnet-like intensity on cue. Teaching a dog to "tou... Read more

Humans and dogs have more in common than what initially meets the eyes. As non-extinct land dwelling mammals, we are bot... Read more

"Shaping" is simply the process of breaking a behavior down to its smallest components and slowly raising your criteria ... Read more

In New York City, a good dog walker can be hard to find. Dog owners open up their homes to them, and put their most belo... Read more

Annie  addresses questions from people who are dealing with dogs who have habits that annoy other dogs, and, ultimately,... Read more

When we first met Lola Barksdale,  she was a tiny Frenchie puppy in our Kindergarten classes. We had no idea that she wo... Read more