Welcome to my blog!
I write about my life with my dogs and how I strive to give them the best lives I can. I love both training and the theory of it. The training I do is in the service of enrichment for my dogs and making their lives easier in our human world. The training is fun for all of us.
This page is a gateway to a variety of posts selected from the 13 years of the blog’s existence. The images below link to curated lists of posts on some of my favorite topics. They are:
- Dog body language
- Dogs and sound
- Behavior science and research
- Fear in dogs (and how we help them with it)
- Training
- Reader favorites
Each list has 25–35 posts, for 158 posts in all. There are many, many more categories than the six featured here and many more posts and pages (a total of about 470). To see a list of all my posts and pages, check out the Site Map. However, on the site map, each post is listed in only one category, even if it fits several. This is one reason I created these curated categories.
For another view: if you want to see all the posts in (reverse) chronological order, see the Archives in the right sidebar, or just start scrolling down.
My blog is my writing home, and I chronicle my growth as a trainer and my slowly increasing understanding of how learning and behavior work. I have signed the Pro-Truth Pledge, and if I post misinformation, I invite people to call me on it. When I post essays about behavior science, I always have them vetted by experts in the field. My academic expertise is in music and sound, and I’m proud of my Dogs and Sound category.
I have an “I Was Wrong” category, whose entries will undoubtedly continue to grow. Separately, I highlight my (often humorous) errors in training in posts with the “Training Errors” tag.
I have been writing this blog since July 2012 and have published more than 600,000 words. You can learn more about me at my About Eileen page. I was a YouTuber before I started the blog, so many posts include videos. I am privileged that I am not forced to monetize the site, so you will find no pop-ups, third-party ads, or affiliate links. If you are here to read my words, I don’t want anything to get in your way.
I hope you find something here to enjoy.
Copyright 2025 Eileen Anderson
