Life on Aly’s Acres
Pillar 3 – Mastering Purpose Driven Activities TETHERING
WALKING, TETHERING, PLAYING, PLACE This is what you are doing when your dog is not in your crate. If you need a refresher on our Pillars of Pack Leadership, read PIllar 1 and Pillar 2. Dogs love order, and when you practice leadership and boundaries in these...
Pillars of Pack Leadership: Pillar 3 Mastering Purpose Driven Activities
WALKING, TETHERING, PLAYING, PLACE This is what you are doing when your dog is not in your crate. Dogs love order, and when you practice leadership and boundaries in these activities you are building a solid foundation with your dog. If you need a refresher on our...
Aly in the News – Celebrity Dog Trainer Aly Rodges and the Art of Just Be
"It's more than just obedience. It's the confidence of a dog to make good decisions while living in this world along with us." - Grit Daily It was a wonderful surprise to be featured by Grit Daily. Aly Rodges has been called the Doodle Whisperer and even...
How to Help Anxious and Nervous Dogs
All dogs benefit from structure, boundaries, purpose driven activities but anxious and nervous dogs need it more than anything else. It's important to note that when we live with an anxious or nervous dog, we sometimes begin to hyper focus on the stressors that...
Is Your Dog Anxious or Nervous? Here are the Signs to Look For
anx·i·e·ty/aNGˈzīədē/nouna feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. By being part of the living world, all living, breathing beings will feel some stress at some point or another. It’s a...
Understanding Nervous and Anxious Dog Behavior
Dogs are strangers in a strange land, called HUMANLAND and they are doing their best to navigate it. There are strange smells, strange sights, strange sounds, strange energy, strange everything. Some dogs are simply hyper-aware of this world and it can be unsettling...
Aly’s Insider Club – May Review
Aly’s Insider Club is a private facebook group filled with live training, support from Aly’s team, targeted training videos, live demos and a group of people who love dogs and encourage each other. You can sign up here, it is only $15.99 a month. If you are not a...
Pillars of Pack Leadership: Pillar 2 Rituals
This is our second post focusing on the Pillars of Pack Leadership, if you missed Pillar 1 on Structure, go back and read it. The second pillar of Aly's Pillars of Pack Leadership focuses on RITUALS, going to the bathroom, feeding and bedtime. Rituals are defined...
Pillars of Pack Leadership: Pillar 1 Structure
Structure is living life purposefully and intentionally with your dog. Structure is the foundation of our Pillars of Pack Leadership Training. In the life of a dog, freedom needs to be earned. Dogs need jobs, and they need purpose. We set our pups up for success by...
