Dog behaviorist Jan Barley explains how counterconditioning can transform your training sessions and deepen the bond with your dog. But what is counter conditioning? What is counterconditioning?

Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. Much of my work is helping reactive dogs. In dog training, reactivity is a negative emotional response to some sort of trigger in the environment. Some ...

More than a few older dogs came into me over the long winter months, with their families requesting a working evaluation. Though the individual histories were varied, these senior citizens experienced ...

Counterconditioning can be the answer to retraining reactive dogs. I’m a dog behaviorist and still find the results almost magical, as do many dog owners I work with. If you’re one of many owners ...