Lift Your Leg - the art of training a dog
Episodes
11, Creep - retraining my Xolo board and train
22 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Creep is a fearful dog lacking trust, and life experiences. Retraining him has been a whole lot of fun. I've been videoing his progress and in this ep...
Dogmanship - training the herding breeds
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This episode is dedicated to Pico, the Border Collie. It's all the things you need to be aware of training a clever and sensitive dog. This podcas...
9. Staying uncommitted to our clients, and more dog talk
06 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the trend of trainers being uncommitted to their clients - the easier and friendlier road that fails the client. We also get into the pol...
8. Play and Relationships - The Lost Art
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It's not about engagement games, food rewards, toys or corrections. Training dogs is about relationships, and what makes us fresh, alive and relev...
7. How we handlers block our own success with our dogs - and how to fix it
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While this podcast is interviewing Alison who just succeeded in the ring with her Tibetan Spaniel Vinnie, it is about finding out how she learned to g...
6. Dog Talk with Jill - inhouse fighting, dog communication
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We talked about Mika with a C, which led to inhouse fighting, dog communication, balanced training and an over reliance on tools, the value of relatio...
5. Kathy Keats, 2x World Champion, discusses dogs
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kathy Keats shows why she is a 2 x world champion in this conversation. Her kindness and wisdom shine through this 90 minute conversation on everythin...
4. Acquiring a new dog or puppy ... what you need to know
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What you need to know when you decide to add a new dog or puppy to your house. We discuss breeders, rescues, and ways to acquire a good dog that you c...
3: Embracing Discomfort: the rehab of my struggling friend
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do you train dogs? The same as I fix my friends. Here is an interview with my friend. She has had a crappy year with the universe repeatedly beat...
2. Derek Fisher talks dogs, take 2
08 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Derek was so fun and easy to talk to, that we did it again. No topic, except for dogs. We discuss raising young dogs, puppies, feel and timing, reacti...
1. Talk with World Competitor Derek Fisher about Sheep Dogging
22 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I get to talk with the charming and engaging Derek about Sheep Dogging,. This interview has lessons for every competitor regardless of sport, and mayb...
68. I got interviewed!
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Hayley Hais from The Chewed Slipper in Nanaimo interviewed me on my business, dogs, training, and life. The time went very fast - thankyou Hayley
67. BootCamp -4 days spent retraining reactive dogs
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We just completed BootCamp which is 4 days of retraining reactive dogs. Maria, from Two Peaks Pet Services joined me to discuss what she saw and learn...
66. Shadow Program Interviews
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I did my second shadow program, and asked two of the ladies to share their experience.
65. What makes a dog trainable, or not?
23 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the dogs I am training this week, and what makes one so incredibly trainable, and the other, well, not?Is it being spoilt, wrecked by posit...
64. Balanced Trainers - we must do better
15 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you only ever use the same tools on every dog, you are not balanced. We talk through three dogs, and how they were trained, all with no corrections...
63. Getting a new Puppy
09 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jill and I are both considering adding a puppy to our families. This is our thought processes, what we are looking for in a puppy, the health testing ...
62. Reactive Dogs - a discussion
26 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A reactive dog discussion.
61. Presence - being the best handler you can be
19 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We had a fun repeat conversation on presence - something that every reactive dog owner needs to master. Please share it and follow us
60. Latchkey Dogs
12 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Forgive our laughter - we do discuss latchkey dogs and the benefits of staying home, and the changes we have seen in dogs now that this happens so muc...
59. People in the Bus: Calm Dog Studio
05 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I interview the ladies from The Calm Dog Studio in Victoria, BC about their business. We discuss what they’ve done right, what they’ve done wrong,...
58. Allowing Deliberate Badness
28 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sometimes to free a dog up, or to make them be the best that they can be, we need to allow some badness. Again we talk about the video Marcelle the Sh...
57. Are You Ready To Compete
21 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This is such an important topic that inevitably novices get wrong. Jill and I discuss it in detail, including the fall out if you go too soon. Enjoy. ...
56. People in the Bus - A dig deep into The Chewed Slipper with Hayley Hais
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do other businesses come up with their unique ideas and create successful businesses? This week I talk to Hayley Hais, find out what she does, and...
55. Coping When Things Go Wrong
07 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Coping When Things Go Wrong - on social media we all hear about everyone’s successes. But what do they do when they fall down and keep screwing up? ...
54. Benefits of Teaching Following to your dog
24 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jill and I disagreed last week about the benefits of following, so this week, I won the argument. Sorry Jill, that was obnoxious of me. However, it di...
53. Becoming Next Level Trainers - body language and reading dogs
17 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thanks to Maryna Ozuna for her brilliant questions - we answer the important and difficult topic she gave us. I feel like this is a decent first attem...
52. The Magic of Building Bravery
10 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the last Building Bravery Seminar for my Shadow Program, and the secrets to success, and some of the difficulties teaching this group.
51. Interview with Shadow Program
03 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We got to interview Telah about our shadow program. This is Telah’s amazing facility that is for sale in Illinois. https://www.facebook.com/share/18...
50. If you want it bad enough, you will find a way.
21 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If you want it bad enough, you will find a way. If you don't, you will make an excuse. This is my mantra for life, and we discuss our challenges ...
49. Working with rehabbed dogs after years of goodness
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sadly, our recording was cut off at half an hour, and time in our week ran out and we never got a chance to fix it. Sorry folks
48: Play - create a fun dog with game ideas
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
we come up with suggestions to make yourself funner, which will increase your dogs attention to you, and aide all of your training goals.
47. Q & A: Anger, resource guarding, retrieves, frantic vs over arousal etc
03 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Great questions. Thank you everyone. I did change our resource guarding answer after the fact because resource guarding has the potential to be so dan...
46. Reactive Dog Series: When our Success Ends - how to recover and get back on track.
27 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Often people retrain their reactive dogs and do a super job, but when their dog next reacts, this knocks all their confidence away. This regression is...
45. Building Bravery - the benefits of fun
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Garbage bags, and ways to build your dogs resiliency.
44. Mental Freedom; give your dog a life worth living
13 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We all want dogs to enjoy and enrich our lives, yet so many just suck all joy from them. This podcast will help understand the differences in our life...
43. Training Different Dog Types - including reactive
05 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DOG TYPES; the differences in how to train them.Jill and I are finally on to something great, and I thank those who have given us honest, raw input to...
42. Highly Sensitive vs Fearful (Plus can't poop in public)
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We tackle a very difficult topic of highly sensitive, reacting inappropriately because of an overloaded nervous system, or fearful? Plus we discuss my...
41. Making Dogs Nicer People - cardboard boxes
16 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This one is about what we should be training, and if we can brag, is our best one to date. Understand how to train the building blocks to having a nic...
40. Preventing Burnout for Trainers
09 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Having feel and timing comes at a cost, and a lot of talented trainers burn out long before they should. We discuss survival tips for to keep the good...
39. Fireworks and Dogs
02 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss ideas on how to deal with fireworks, and minimize and prevent damage to your dogs.
38. Muzzles for all, or failure in training methods?
25 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
I got an email from the BC SPCA suggesting that muzzles are really a leash, and all dogs should be wearing one as a preventative. Jill and I discuss t...
37. My Failings as a Trainer
18 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's been a full moon kind of week, where very little went right. While I could have pretended on short instagram videos, I didn't, and you get a full...
36. Reading Dogs, AKA Feel
10 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Our most challenging topic to date, which needs to be revisited. Feel. This might be the most misunderstood and underappreciate skill in training dogs...
35. Corrections, a much needed discussion
04 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matty joins Monique and Jill to tackle a discussion on corrections. We discuss different types of corrections for different types of dogs, give exampl...
34. Opinion or Disobedience?
28 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jill Brown and Monique Anstee discuss if disobedience is always bad. Sometimes dogs have reasons, and are we introspective enough to know if their rea...
33. Corrections, phobias, protecting your dog etc
21 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's question time, and we tackle what you threw at us, some of which sparked some very good conversation. How do you train retrain an e-collar, corre...
32. Latent Learning 2, Training the non-trainables
14 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This is true dog talk, where we discuss living with dogs and that 23 1/2 hours a day of training is more importanat than formal training sessions. He...
31. Don't Compete Too Soon
07 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The best way to diminish your dog's career is by stepping in the ring before they are ready. Here are things that we are looking for, to know our dogs...
30. Heelwork
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
This weekend I taught a heelwork seminar, and loved it. Here are our after thoughts.
29. Latent Learning- the best way
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jill and I try to define how we train, and we got it, eventually. It is not forced free or balanced training, but latent learning, and we explain what...
28. Breaking our Puppies
16 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Its happening again. The keen among us are breaking their puppies, and its hardly surprising given whats on the internet. Here we give you a quick gui...
4. Wisdom from the Elders
05 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Clearly I'm in vacation mode, and published the wrong one last week. Here is the cleaned up version. I promise to trap Jill into a good conversati...
27. Reactivity- Lessons From Bootcamp
22 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Monique and Jill discuss lessons from four days of training reactive dogs in BootCamp.
26. Not Just The Dog Must Change
14 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jill and Monique discuss the lessons their dogs have taught them, and discuss the personal growth gained from training a dog.
25. What Happened to Balanced
08 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matthew Twitty joins us to discuss the lack of balance in balanced training. This is a heart felt discussion that all three of us feel very passionate...
24. Keltie R. Lang and Social Media part 2
01 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Keltie R. Lang (Keltierlang.com) joins Jill Brown and Monique Anstee to further discuss the issues of dog training today with Social Media influence. ...
23. Good Breeders vs Bad Breeders
29 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Monique Anstee and Jill Brown as they attempt to define the differences in a good breeder and a bad breeder when looking for a puppy.
22. Social Media has Ruined my Profession
17 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
A strong, but true title. Social Media has changed Dog Training from what it used to be, and all of us die-hards are unable to stop it. Tic Toc and In...
21. Breeds that fail in most homes
10 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Getting a puppy? Want to know what breeds to get, or avoid? Then this podcast is for you. We go through the CKC breeds groups and discuss the dogs th...
20. Breeds that Succeed in regular homes
03 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are so many hidden gems for dog breeds, many that are quite unknown. Here Jill Brown and Monique Anstee share breeds that are wonderful and easy...
19. Preparing for Emergencies
20 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Monique Anstee, from The Naughty Dogge, and Jill Brown discuss training, safety protocols and preparation needed` for natural disasters like forest fi...
18. Reactivity Series - the other end of the leash
13 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn how YOU play a part in your dog's reactivity, and how to change it. Monique Anstee from The Naughty Dogge and Jill Brown discuss handler err...
17. Resource Guarding and Separation Anxiety
04 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Monique, Jill and Hayley discuss training resource guarding, and separation anxiety, and ways to best avoid both from occurring. The change in Golden ...
16. Question and Answer
29 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
An episode where we answer your dog-training questions... thank you to all that responded. Some questions we were unable to access until later, and we...
15. Building Confidence / Broken Puppies
22 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Listen as Monique, Jill and Hayley discuss ways to build confidence in puppies and young dogs, and rehabbing broken, feral puppies. We have technica...
14. The Hidden Value of Competitions
15 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jill Brown and Monique Anstee, from The Naughty Dogge, discuss the hidden benefits of competitions. They discuss topics like keeping egos in check, bo...
13. Training for Trial
08 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Regardless of Sport, Monique Anstee and Jill Brown offer tips to get your dog ready for competition day. Minor details that you probably haven't consi...
12. Tracking with Dominic Scarberry
01 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dominic Scarberry, from The Empowered Canine (https://www.theempoweredcanine.com ) joins Jill Brown and Monique Anstee to discuss the canine sport of ...
11. Creating Joy in your Dog
25 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Monique Anstee from the Naughty Dogge, Jill Brown, The Bag Lady, and Hayley Hais from The Chewed Slipper discuss what dogs need to be their best, whil...
10. Robert Cabral talks Dog with us
18 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jill Brown and Monique Anstee talk with the refreshingly honest, passionate and very engaging Robert Cabral, from Canine Conversations. If you love li...
9. Mia Skogster describes praise voices to improve your communication
13 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Monique Anstee and Jill Brown interview two time World Champion in IGP, Mia Skogster, from Finland. She describes praise voices to use when training, ...
8. Dog Handler Traits
04 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn the traits that make a dog handler great. Monique Anstee, Jill Brown and Guest speaker, Hayley Hais, from the Chewed Slipper in Nanaimo discuss ...
7. Reactive Dog Series - Tips for Handling
26 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Matty, Monique and Jill as they discuss tips for handling and training your reactive dog, and also define the difference in reactivity versus agg...
6. Body Language
19 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Join Matthew, Jill and Monique as they bring the 'art' back into dog training by breaking down body language into something that everyone can learn. L...
5. Improving your Handling - Presence
12 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
One piece of dog training never discussed is improving your presence to help with your handling. While all the great trainers have it, no one defines ...
3. Reactive Dog Series:- Your Dog is Your Mirror
29 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Monique Anstee, Matthew Twitty and Jill Brown discuss reactivity in dogs.
2. Stress in Dogs - why the increase
20 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Monique Anstee, Matthew Twitty and Jill Brown discuss why so many dogs struggle with stress and anxiety today.
1. Who we are - Intro
14 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Get to know us… who we are