A crate = a safe place
Crate training has become some kind of buzz word. “Oh, are you crate training your new puppy?” “Are you crate training your dog? Yes, I bought a crate!” “Yes, we…
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A great quote from Dr. Susan Friedman
There will always be many unknowns about behavior; there will always be important variables that are out of our control. Behavior is just too complex for simplistic cookbook approaches to mentoring our…
Fixing and correcting are not synonymous
My old violin teacher who wasn’t exactly a positive person had a favorite saying: If you have a bad habit you cannot get rid of it by “doing it less”.…
Physical Therapy at home
I have a had a number of clients whose dogs had to have surgery or have premature arthritis or have a terminal illness that leaves them with diminished stamina. The…
Is your dog scared of the vacuum? Here’s how to change that.
So your dog is scared of the vacuum cleaner… Your dog knows what’s coming. When you go to take out the vacuum cleaner, they go into “high alert mode”; and…
Rewards do not equal Bribery!
Dogs as Gamblers by Kathy Sdao, MA, CAAB All Rights Reserved Take a moment to recall the best-trained animal you’ve ever seen. Maybe it was a dolphin leaping during a…
good puppy: sit with major distractions on a very busy street
The beauty of the situation: the puppy has such strong history of being rewarded for the sit that he will remain in that position under difficult and distracting circumstances.
Consistency
Inevitably when I talk to people about raising their puppies or work with them on behavior issues I talk about “follow through” and “consistency” and they think of me as…
Fearful dogs: think tiny increments and the importance of how a treat is delivered
Working with small and fearful dogs is a fascinating project. Being afraid of getting up and down stairs is not that unusual a problem for dogs, but for tiny dogs…