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11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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”.…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

Rewards do not equal Bribery!

11 years ago

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.

11 years ago

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…

11 years ago

Michele Pouliot and her extraordinary freestyle routine

11 years ago

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…