Kayla Fratt, CDBC

Ep. 11: Listener Questions

In this episode, Kayla from Journey Dog Training covers five different Listener Questions about all sorts of dog behavior questions. Lunge-y Hound Dog Kathy has a hound dog that lunges at squirrels, people, dogs, and all sorts of other things. Kathy’s hound is also pretty unfocused outdoors, sniffing all over instead of listening. Suggestions: Looking … Read more

Training a Conservation Detection Dog: Week 1

I recently accepted a position at Working Dogs for Conservation. I’m going to be the Communications and Outreach Coordinator there. WD4C trains some of the world’s best conservation detection dogs. Their dogs will find the scat of endangered species like jaguars and snow leopards, invasive species like zebra mussels and spotted knapweed, contraband like ivory … Read more

Ep. 10: What Behavior Consultants Can Learn from Sport Dog Trainers

In this episode, Kayla speaks to Sarah Stremming from The Cognitive Canine about what dog behavior consultants can learn from sport dog trainers. Sarah’s niche is to work with behavior problems in performance or sport dogs, especially in agility dogs. Many of her clients bark at or bite at their handlers, bark, spin, or more … Read more

My Dog Is REALLY Aggressive to Other Dogs

dog aggressive to other dogs

Dogs are social animals. But that doesn’t mean that they all get along. Some dogs aren’t just socially awkward – they’re really aggressive to other dogs. Today’s “Ask A Behavior Consultant” revolves around the case of a 14-month old Akita who is really aggressive to other dogs. Her owner wrote, “My dog use to love … Read more

Help! My Cat Keeps Pooping on the Carpet

cat pooping on carpet

Cats are usually really neat, tidy animals – especially compared to slobbery dogs! But litterboxes are the exception. What do you do if your cat keeps pooping on the carpet? How do you fix it? In today’s Ask a Behavior Consultant, we’re tackling that problem! A reader asked, “Cat pooping outside of litter box suddenly, … Read more