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Your Dog Is A HABIT Making Machine!
05 Nov 2025
00:09:15
Zen Dog Training Episode 58: Your Dog Is A HABIT Making Machine!
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss how dogs learn new habits all the time and how to best cope with this ongoing issue.
Zen Dog Training Episode 57: The Zen Dog Training Approach (Remastered)
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine revisit E40 and discuss the fundamental approach of Zen Dog Training.
Learn the 3 Steps to Zen Dog Training, the 5 Training Options in the Toolbox, and how to Create Teachable Moments to practice and drill in lessons.
Conversation includes common pitfalls to avoid and tips to ensure you to train your dog with consistency and by following through with actions and consequences.
Zen Dog Training Episode 47: The Owner's Manual For Your Dog
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss indisputable dog training lessons that apply to every dog — regardless of age or breed.
This owner's manual will help you better understand how your dog learns and includes lessons to use on puppies and adult dogs alike to turn them into Zen Dogs!
Zen Dog Training Episode 46: Dogs Are Emotional Creatures
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss how dogs are emotional / feeling creatures. Humans are emotional and have the ability to think and act logically.
Zen Dog Training is to truly understand your dog’s different perspective as the foundation for dog training based on compassion and mutual understanding.
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss the unique ways that Zen Dog Training teaches leash walking. Learn how to help your dog walk with you without force or a tight leash, and the right tools and equipment to help you create teaching moments that instill lessons and make walking your dog easier.
Zen Dog Training Episode 40: The Zen Dog Training Approach
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss the fundamental approach of Zen Dog Training.
Learn the 3 Steps to Zen Dog Training, the 5 Training Options in the Toolbox, and how to Create Teachable Moments to practice and drill in lessons.
Conversation includes common pitfalls to avoid and tips to ensure you to train your dog with consistency and by following through with actions and consequences.
Zen Dog Training Episode 39: Your Dog Is Not A Machine!
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss that dog training is not easily learned by watching TikTok and YouTube videos.
Your dog is not a machine! They are an intelligent sentient creature that is always testing the rules and learning what they can (and can’t) get away with.
Training the Zen Dog Way starts with you, the human, learning how to communicate with your dog in the language they understand. Successfully training depends on actions and predictable consequences, not words, scolding or yelling.
Preventing Food Guarding & Control Of The Mouth (Remastered)
08 Oct 2025
00:18:42
Zen Dog Training Episode 56: Preventing Food Guarding & Control Of The Mouth (Remastered)
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine revisit E27 and discuss the 6th and 7th of the 7 Essential Puppy Lessons in Zen Dog Training. Preventing food guarding and control of the mouth are vital to helping dogs grow into Zen Dogs.
Zen Dog Training Episode 55: Play Biting Solutions (Remastered)
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine revisit E27 and discuss the 5th of the 7 Essential Puppy Lessons in Zen Dog Training. Play biting solutions help to reduce nipping and biting and are crucial to helping dogs grow into Zen Dogs.
Zen Dog Training Episode 28: Preventing Food Guarding & Control Of The Mouth
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss the 6th and 7th of the 7 Essential Puppy Lessons in Zen Dog Training. Preventing food guarding and control of the mouth are vital to helping dogs grow into Zen Dogs.
Zen Dog Training Episode 27: Play Biting Solutions
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss the 5th of the 7 Essential Puppy Lessons in Zen Dog Training. Play biting solutions are crucial to helping dogs grow into Zen Dogs.
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss the 4th of the 7 Essential Puppy Lessons in Zen Dog Training. Crate training a.k.a. independence training is vital to helping dogs grow into Zen Dogs.
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss house training tips, tricks, advice, and pitfalls to avoid. Including why Gordon never recommend using pee pads or having dogs ring a bell to “ask” to go outside. Also covered in this episode where to find and download the entire FREE House Training Guide.
Zen Dog Training Episode 23: Socialization To Touch
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss the 2nd of the 7 Essential Puppy Lessons in Zen Dog Training. Socialization to touch is essential to helping dogs grow into Zen Dogs.
Topics include: How to give your dog a "Pretend Vet Visit", importance of socialization for grooming, vet visits, and everyday experiences like giving your dog a "Tick Check", Cat Socialization, and how to use an electric toothbrush to help get your puppy used to future nail trimming.
Zen Dog Training Episode 22: Being Zen "Kansha" Appreciation & Gratitude
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss Kansha, which embodies Appreciation & Gratitude, two fundamental principles in Zen Dog Training. Topics include: Reasons to be grateful for our dogs, respecting how dogs see the world, Wakaru training from a place of deep understanding.
Yoga Breath technique to help you learn to not react and get frustrated or angry when your dog acts out or misbehaves. Instead take a moment to catch your breath and reflect on the best training strategy to choose.
Yoga Breath is the first technique we teach reactive dog and new puppy owners too, because it is important to lead by example and signal to your dog to relax and not feel anxious.
Zen Dog Training Episode 21: Socialization To People, Places, & Things
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss the 1st of the 7 Essential Puppy Lesson.
Socialization to people, places, things and new experiences is essential to helping dogs grow into Zen Dogs. Socialization for dogs and puppies is more than just getting them around other dogs it’s about helping them understand the world is a safe place and deepening the bond with you and your family.
Topics include: The socialization period for puppies, pitfall of using a pee pad for young puppies, socialization is the root of dog domestication.
Socialization tips for helping shy and timid dogs of all ages overcome their fears and phobias.
Zen Dog Training Episode 20: 7 Essential Puppy Lessons
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine unveil the 7 Essential Puppy Lessons in Zen Dog Training.
7 puppy lessons to master in order for your puppy to grow up to be a Zen Dog! A dog that is confident, calm, relaxed with you, your family, and people in your life.
Missing any of these essential lessons can lead to problem behaviors in adult dogs.
Zen Dog Training Episode 19: When To Start Zen Dog Training
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss the crucial timeline of when to start Zen Dog Training.
Topics include: ENS Early neurological stimulation, a government program to raise Super Dogs, how to determine the actual age of your dog in human years, tips for dog breeders on using the "Battaglia Method" of early puppy socialization developed by Dr. Carmen Battaglia.
Zen Dog Training Episode 54: Crate Training (Remastered)
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine revisit E26 and discuss the 4th of the 7 Essential Puppy Lessons in Zen Dog Training. Crate training a.k.a. independence training is vital to helping dogs grow into Zen Dogs.
Zen Dog Training Episode 18: Creating Teachable Moments
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss the importance of creating teachable moments in Zen Dog Training.
Topics include: The Secret to Zen Dog Training -- Set-ups, Entrapment, and Stings that help your dog learn faster. How to "Program" your dog by repeating exercises in controlled environments. How to create situations and manage your dog and set up training sessions that help them peacefully learn your rules.
Coping Strategies - Solutions For Shy, Fearful, Or Protective Dogs
17 Jul 2024
00:13:31
Zen Dog Training Episode 17: Coping Strategies - Solutions For Shy, Fearful, Or Protective Dogs
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss the importance of coping strategies in Zen Dog Training.
Topics include: Helping a Shy, Fearful, or Protective Dog. Socialization techniques are similar to what you learn when you are socializing a new puppy. Ideally, start socialization BEFORE the 14th week!
Coping Strategies is what we call desensitization and counterconditioning, the SPCA recommended method to help dogs overcome their fears and phobias.
Zen Dog Training's graphic novel training plan for Helping Shy, Fearful, or Protective Dogs. A client favorite comic book style training manual for helping timid or shy dogs of all ages build confidence and learn to relax.
Learn how to use Treats for Confidence, Yoga Breath, and Jolly Talk to build your dogs confidence.
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss the essential technique of shunishment in Zen Dog Training. Training by removing attention from your dog is very effective, however requires creating an environment where you can control the outcome to ensure you can safely ignore your dog.
For this reason many popular methods such as "yipping" and acting like a hurt puppy when your dog play bites you is more complex. To work, these kind of shunishment methods require you to create a teachable moment where you control the outcome.
Drama Diva is the Zen Dog Training game to reduce play biting, to be implemented correctly you must first use the collar, indoor leash or drag line, and baby gates so you can create an environment for success.
Zen Dog Training Episode 15: Zen Dog Training Is People Training
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss the key component of training people in Zen Dog Training.
Dedicated to Dr. Neil Wiseman. Remember to not expect too much from other people, our families, or dogs, and to give ourselves a little slack. Accept that everyone is doing the best they can with what they have.
At first dog training is hard because it requires mutual communication and you must act and speak in counterintuitive ways to help your dog better understand you.
Dog training is people training. At Zen Dog Training we teaching people to remember the counterintuitive aspects of how dogs learn differently than people as a way to help you train your dog a little easier.
Zen Dog Training Episode 53: House Training (Remastered)
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine revisit E24 and discuss the 3rd of the 7 Essential Puppy Lessons in Zen Dog Training. House training is essential to helping dogs grow into Zen Dogs.
Zen Dog Training Episode 07: Control Your Dog, Control The Outcome
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss the fundamental secret of Zen Dog Training.
Creating situations where you can control the outcome as the first step makes training your dog easier. Focus on managing the environment or using the right tools and equipment to get control, then choose the best training option.
When you want to reward good behaviors or gently interrupt unwanted behaviors start by setting up an environment for success.
Training happens faster when you are consistent with rules and control the outcome.
Zen Dog Training Episode 06: The Secrets Of Zen Dog Training
Jason Connell and Gordon Fontaine discuss the secrets of Zen Dog Training (ZDT).
This episode includes ALL the Secrets and ZDT Options as a table of contents. Conversation covers everything clients need to understand the “magic” behind Zen Dog Training.
Controlling your dog and the outcome by using the right tools and equipment is the first secret to Zen Dog Training. Creating teachable moments is the most important secret of Zen Dog Training.
Includes the FIRST thing you should do to STOP play biting and unwanted behaviors!