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Hey! I’m Ali Smith, the Positive Puppy Expert.
I’m a multi-award winning professional dog trainer. I’ve helped to train over 1200 dogs, and I’m the proud owner of the worlds top pet blog!
I’m here to help you and other puppy owners to make the very best out of that little bundle of fluff (and teeth!) so that you can raise a fun, capable, confident and fun member of your family – in the easiest and most reliable way possible.
And to do that affordably.
Labels are a necessary thing within this world so that we can find resources within them. However, I want to talk to you today about the importance of using the correct label, and why sometimes - if you don't know how to label your dog, why it's best that we don't....
We're launching Fearful Fridays, to give you insight into the lives of reactive dogs, and today's reactive woof sharing their story is Neo (aka @neo_therescuepup!). What Is Fearful Friday? Fearful Friday is the one day of the week that we here at rebarkable are here...
Cortisol is the stress hormone, and after a dog fight, the thing that your dog needs the most? Is a cortisol break. A "cortisol break" is trainer talk for taking time off and allowing your dogs stress levels to come down. What Is Cortisol? Cortisol is a hormone, it is...
What happens when your dog (reactive or otherwise) gets involved in an incident and their cortisol spikes. This is about the aftereffects, and the aftercare of what happens after your dog has been in one of these stressful situations such as a dog fight, such as...
When it comes to strong leashes, the tactipup extreme tactical should be one of the strongest leashes available. I've been looking at extra strong leashes because with a large dog, who was reactive, I always like to know what the strongest, most reliable options are...
It’s hard to know when to spay or neuter – or if you should at all. Here’s the best veterinary advice for your Miniature Schnauzer. So you’ve decided to spay or neuter your Miniature Schnauzer– but when? Often called getting your dog Fixed or Done (nomenclature that...
Muzzles are a seriously undervalued tool in the arsenal of your dogs equipment. So often though, I see muzzles that might be problematic. I see muzzles that don't fit that well, or may be inappropriate for the breed, or even unsafe. So I wanted to get a nice, deep...
Muzzles are often a very judged thing in the dog community. And it's not deserved. It's often referred to as a stigma. An experience that a muzzled dog gets where they're instantly judged for wearing a muzzle, and it's often entirely unjustified. Muzzled dogs are dogs...
Today we are going to be talking about setting the foundation for training your reactive dog. I'm actually talking about the training that's not training, the training that is incredibly valuable to your dog's overall performance and overall learning. But isn't...
The OneTigris XDestroyer K9 harness for dogs is an interesting option for our woofs, right? If you’ve been looking into tactical harnesses, I know this one has surfaced for you! It’s widely available and widely mentioned as being a great harness. What's even...