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Robert CabralIACP Hall of Fame trainer1 min readMarch 15, 2026

Dawn K

I contacted you previously re the overnight situ with my new puppy, you kindly directed me to the 30 day puppy course which I am working through , I am on day 3, however I cannot find the info you referred to re first night with pup? I do not want to go any further on the course as at this time it is not really relevant as I just got my pup today.  I must be missing or not using your course correctly? Sorry, done the crate training course so where , ie which lesson/day do you explain overnight ?

Craig A

I have a 4 month old female gsd she has biting problem I have tried positive reinforcement, martingale, pinch, and collar. Everything makes it worse. She is good most of the time but gets a burst of biting everytime she is out. She bits on me and my wife. I train her everyday and get best response with pinch collar. She knows sit, down, stay, hand signals, left right, heel, she learns fast but something clicks in her and then starts biting. Her bites are getting harder. She knows settle and I get her to settle down it’s fine but at 8 weeks her ears were up like a stress. Settle brings them down.

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Robert Cabral

Robert Cabral has been training dogs professionally for over 20 years. He started in shelters, working with dogs nobody else wanted, and was inducted into the IACP International Hall of Fame for his work in shelter advocacy and canine rehabilitation.

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