The Complete Dog Exercise Guide: How Much Your Dog Needs and What Kind
A professional trainer explains why duration is the wrong metric, the four kinds of exercise every dog needs, and what to do when a walk is not working.
Resource Guarding in Dogs: A Trainer’s Guide to Food, Toy, and Space Guarding
The Field Manual / Vol. 05 · Resource Guarding By Christopher Lee Moran / Updated 08.12.2026 VALUE, NOT DEFIANCE A dog guards what it cannot afford to lose Core rule, add value, don’t take Trade-up protocol, 5 steps The growl, information, not defiance Trainer-built, 10 years, ~400 dogs Core rule, add value, don’t take Trade-up […]
Door Dashing and Bolting: Teach a Reliable Threshold Wait
The Field Manual / Vol. 06 · The Threshold Wait By Christopher Lee Moran / Updated 08.12.2026 ONE OPEN DOOR One open gate is all a bolting dog needs The door is the cue, not your voice Open the door in inches, not swings Only a release word ends the wait Trainer-built, 10 years, ~400 […]
Fear Periods in Puppies and Adolescent Dogs: The Developmental Guide
The Field Manual / Vol. 07 · The Developmental Map By Christopher Lee Moran / Updated 08.12.2026 THE WARY WINDOW A world your dog trusted yesterday can look dangerous today First fear period, 8 to 11 weeks Second fear period, 6 to 14 months Typical window, 2 to 3 weeks Trainer-built, 10 years, ~400 dogs […]
Dog Body Language: A Trainer’s Complete Guide to Reading Your Dog
The Field Manual / Vol. 03 · Reading the Dog By Christopher Lee Moran / Updated 08.12.2026 READING THE DOG Ears, eyes, mouth, tail: the whole dog is talking at once Read the whole dog, head to tail Calming signals, ~30 cataloged The ladder climbs, the growl comes late Trainer-built, 10 years, ~400 dogs Read […]
