June 2025 Working Dog Wellness Guide

June 2025 Working Dog Wellness Guide

Welcome to the first edition of the Working Dog Wellness Guide — your monthly guide for raising strong, sound, and centered working dogs. June brings intensity: longer days, higher drive, hotter training sessions. This issue offers insights and tools to help your dog...
The Best Food For Your Working German Shepherd

The Best Food For Your Working German Shepherd

Picture this: You’re preparing for your new German Shepherd puppy’s arrival, and you’re standing in the pet food store, staring at the shelves and shelves of dog food. You try to Google the different brands in front of you, but you quickly give up due to confusion,...
The Game Of Self Alignment

The Game Of Self Alignment

Self-Alignment: What Game Are You Playing?   If there’s one thing I’ve learned over the past 2 years, it’s that life is a game, and the rules don’t matter (unless you think they do). We’re all adults, and we can make up our own rules as we go along.  What game...
The Human-Canine Bond

The Human-Canine Bond

I want to preface this by giving credit to Mike Ritland of Team Dog and Alicia Morrison Scholet of Fulton Strong K9 for the ideas and concepts presented below. Thank you. Why Bond? All training starts with bond. Think about it this way: If you were suddenly...