Dog Coach Francis

Dog Coach Francis The Philippines’ Premiere Dog Behavior Consultant. Promotes Force Free Dog Training.

26/08/2026

As someone who loves country music, this one hits different six decades of songs like “Jolene,” “9 to 5,” and “I Will Always Love You” that shaped the genre and will keep playing forever.

But Dolly was a dog person through and through too. Her very first record was “Puppy Love.” She launched Doggy Parton to support animal rescue, hosted a whole Pet Gala for shelter dogs, and once offered to personally adopt a stray found at a festival in the UK.

Rhinestones and heart, all the way down. Rest easy, Dolly thanks for the music and for loving our dogs like they mattered. 🐾

For decades, “never let your dog win at tug-of-war” has been standard training advice. The logic sounded reasonable: if ...
25/08/2026

For decades, “never let your dog win at tug-of-war” has been standard training advice. The logic sounded reasonable: if your dog wins, they learn they can out-muscle you, and that confidence bleeds into everything else.

Someone actually tested it. Researchers had owners play tug-of-war with their dogs in two blocks: 20 sessions where the dog was allowed to win, and 20 sessions where the owner won every time. Then they measured the dogs for signs of dominance-related behavior: possessiveness, disobedience, pushiness toward the owner.

The result: no difference. Dogs who won repeatedly weren’t more possessive or harder to control than dogs who lost repeatedly. And in both groups, dogs actually scored higher on obedient attentiveness toward their owner after playing tug, not lower.

What tug-of-war actually seems to build is engagement and connection, not a chain of command. If you’ve been holding back from a game your dog loves because you were worried about “who wins,” that worry isn’t backed by what was actually measured when someone checked.

This is exactly what our training programs and boarding stays are built for: teaching you which parts of your routine actually shape your dog’s behavior, and which ones are just noise.

Enroll your dog in a program or book a boarding stay with us and let’s build a relationship based on what the evidence actually says works. Send me a DM

There’s a training tool veterinary behaviorists have used for decades that most dog owners have never heard of, and it’s...
24/08/2026

There’s a training tool veterinary behaviorists have used for decades that most dog owners have never heard of, and it’s not a command at all. It’s called the Protocol for Relaxation, developed by veterinary behaviorist Dr. Karen Overall, and it’s built entirely around a mat.

Here’s the shift in thinking: most of us try to manage chaos in the moment. Doorbell rings, dog loses it, we correct, we repeat “stay,” we drag a leash. That teaches the dog to react to OUR stress in that moment. It doesn’t build anything that holds up next time.

This protocol does the opposite. You start absurdly small: dog lies on a mat, you take one step away and come right back, reward the calm. That’s it. Over the following days, you slowly stack on more, more distance, movement, clapping, a doorbell, stepping out of sight, always rewarding the calm response before the dog has a reason to lose it. The dog isn’t just being told to stay still. They’re rehearsing “chaos happens, and I don’t need to react” over and over, in tiny doses, until it becomes their default.

That’s the real difference between obedience and regulation. A dog that “stays” because you told them to is still one loud noise away from breaking. A dog that’s been through this kind of graduated practice has an actual rehearsed response sitting there when the real chaos shows up, guests at the door, a vet visit, a thunderstorm.

If your dog goes from zero to sixty every time something happens in the house and you want a real starting point (not just another correction to try), message us, happy to walk you through where to start.

The Puppy Kindergarten Class is back at The Dog Ranch! 🐾If your pup is between 10-20 weeks old, this is the window that ...
24/08/2026

The Puppy Kindergarten Class is back at The Dog Ranch! 🐾

If your pup is between 10-20 weeks old, this is the window that matters most. We’re covering socialization with different breeds, leash manners and basic commands (sit, stay, recall), and confidence-building exercises to set your puppy up right from the start.

📍 The Dog Ranch, Lipa, Batangas
🗓️ Every Sunday, 10:00-11:30 AM
💰 Now ₱9,000 (down from ₱12,000) for the 4-week course

Start date to be announced — slots are limited, so message us to reserve your pup’s spot!

23/08/2026

Every dog gets older. That part’s not optional.

But a new look at 15,019 dogs from the Dog Aging Project found something worth sitting with: age wasn’t the only thing driving cognitive decline. Activity level was too — and the gap wasn’t small.

Dogs classified as “not active” had 6.47 times higher odds of showing signs of cognitive dysfunction than dogs classified as “very active” — memory lapses, getting stuck behind furniture, not recognizing familiar people, the same kinds of changes we associate with dementia in people. And this held even when researchers controlled for age, breed, and health status. Two 11-year-olds, same size, same medical history — the sedentary one was carrying dramatically higher odds.

Here’s the honest caveat, because the science deserves it: this is a correlational study, not a controlled experiment. The researchers themselves note it’s possible some dogs move less BECAUSE they’re already declining, not the other way around. Nobody proved activity alone prevents dementia in dogs. But the direction of the finding lines up with decades of research in aging human brains, where exercise consistently shows up as protective. It’s not proof. It’s a strong, specific reason to take your dog’s daily movement seriously, especially as they age.

If your senior dog’s walks have quietly gotten shorter or less frequent over the past year, that’s worth a second look, not as a failure, just as information.

This is exactly what our training programs and boarding stays are built for, real daily movement, mental stimulation, and structure, not just a place to sleep. Enroll your dog in a program or book a boarding stay with us, and give their brain the activity this study says matters. DM to get started.

Scofield. The dog we didn’t plan to have, but he found our way to us. Surprisingly… He shares the same birthday as Seren...
22/08/2026

Scofield. The dog we didn’t plan to have, but he found our way to us. Surprisingly… He shares the same birthday as Serena. ♥️

20/08/2026

Scientists just put dogs inside an MRI machine to scan their brains while they looked at human faces.

And what showed up on those scans is not what most people would guess.

Happy birthday my little star Serena🇵🇭. You have been a great dog. A once in a lifetime kind of dog. The dog behind the ...
15/08/2026

Happy birthday my little star Serena🇵🇭. You have been a great dog. A once in a lifetime kind of dog. The dog behind the human for me. Thank you for the memories

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