Dog Training Problem Finder: Match the Fix to Your Dog

Back to home Home Dog Training Topics Training Problem Finder Training Problem Finder: Two Questions, One Plan Tell us your dog's stage and what you're working on. You'll get the cognitive reason the problem happens, a practice routine you can run today, and the guides and games that actually apply. 1 Which stage is your dog in? Puppy Under ~12 months Adult Adult, rescue, or re-training 2 What are you working on? Potty training House training & accidents Crate & alone time Settling, separation Sit First cues & impulse control Stay Duration, distance, distraction Barking Demand, alert, reactive Pick a stage and a goal Your plan appears here — and the link stays shareable, so you can bookmark the exact routine you're working on. Every plan in the finder Puppy · Potty training Puppy · Crate & alone time Puppy · Sit Puppy · Stay Puppy · Barking Adult · Potty training Adult · Crate & alone time Adult · Sit Adult · Stay Adult · Barking Build a four-week training plan All dog training topics Breed-specific training tips Dog training tips hub Based on the work of Dr. Brian Hare & Vanessa Woods Every Dognition guide, assessment, and blog post is grounded in the research and methodologies of Dr. Brian Hare and Vanessa Woods at the Duke Canine Cognition Center. Their work established that "smart" isn't one number — dogs think across five distinct cognitive dimensions, and the best training matches the method to the mind. Book · 2013 The Genius of Dogs How dogs are smarter than you think — the founding text on canine cognitive science. Read more Book · 2024 Puppy Kindergarten The Duke Puppy Kindergarten study — how the first 16 weeks shape a dog for life (as covered by The New York Times). Read the NYT feature