Author Archives for David Codr

About David Codr

We are a team of dog behaviorists and trainers who use positive reinforcement and dog psychology to help dogs learn how you want them to act and behave.

We are completely force free, never use punishment based tools (such as pinch collars, shock collars, choke chains, etc) or dominance based methods (alpha rolls, harsh leash corrections, etc).

If you are tired of rearranging your life due to dog problems, give us a call. You can have a calm, well mannered dog tonight.

Teaching Auto Self Control

August 22, 2014 8:58 am Published by

I was called in to work with Auto, a four-year-old, German Shepherd who was becoming increasingly aggressive to people outside of his family. When Im dealing with a territorially or possessively aggressive dog, Ive found the best way to change the behavior is to help the dog see... Read More

Helping a Wheaten Terrier Learn to Listen to His Owners

August 20, 2014 4:14 am Published by

Sully is a very excitable one and a half year old Wheaten Terrier. His owner called me concerned about Sully’s nipping when over excited, counter surfing, door dashing and fence fighting with the neighbor’s dogs. When I arrived for the session, Sully was lunging at... Read More

Adding Rules and Boundaries to Help a Beagle Regain Respect for His Owner

August 19, 2014 4:53 am Published by

Max is a four-year-old male Beagle mix who barks a lot, begs and is starting to nip when his owner corrects him. After spending a few minutes with Max, I could tell he had very little respect for his owner. He jumped up on her... Read More

Using Positive Reinforcement to Teach Rex to Play Nice

August 18, 2014 12:37 am Published by

Rex is a eight-month-old Lab / Border Collie / Pitbull mix. His owners called me in to deal with his increasing physicality when playing and interacting with the members of the family. As soon as I arrived for the session, Rex jumped up on me... Read More

Helping Ginger Respect and Respond to the Members of her Family

August 17, 2014 10:12 pm Published by

Ginger is a four-month-old Golden Doodle who’s owners asked me to help stop her from jumping up on the kids, play biting / mouthing and getting over excited. When I sat down to discuss the situation with her owners, I watched as each one of them instinctively... Read More

Adding Rules and Structure to Bring Balance to a Pack of Excited Dogs

August 10, 2014 8:14 pm Published by

Boy did I have my work cut out for me with this pack of dogs. They are (from left) Peaches, Bear, Buddy, Bugs Bunny, Jackson and Rambo. When I first arrived for the session, this pack of six dogs was a blur. Jackson and Buddy... Read More

Helping Indie Get Over His Territorial Aggression

August 7, 2014 4:05 am Published by

Indie is a one and a half year old Boxer Lab mix who gets territorially aggressive with strangers. When I arrived for the session he was barking, but it was more an alerting style of bark. The thing is, Indie is a BIG dog. The photo really doesn’t do... Read More

Teaching Furble to Keep His Nose from Where the Sun Doesn’t Shine

August 6, 2014 5:48 am Published by

This is Furble a three-year-old Sheepdog mix who had developed an affinity for sticking his nose directly into the crotches of any guests who arrived at the family home. While sniffing a crotch or rear end is perfectly normal greeting for dogs, his owners understandably... Read More

Fixing a Dog Exposed to a Dominance Theory Trainer

August 5, 2014 5:13 am Published by

This good looking pair of pooches live in downtown Omaha. Dom (on the left) and Zzang-gu’s owners are a couple, so the dogs have combined to make their own pack as well. Zzang-gu’s owner called me for help after a bad experience with a trainer... Read More