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Puppies: Behavior vs “Obedience”

So, here you are and you have a growing, teething puppy and you are confronted with a mountain of natural but undesirable behaviors. From jumping up and nipping and shredding…
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Introducing a puppy to your older dog

http://www.clickertraining.com/what-to-expect-introducing-a-puppy-to-your-adult-dogs What to Expect:  Sibling rivalry Getting a new puppy is exciting—at least for the humans in the family. Sometimes the dog of the house doesn’t think the pup is…
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Go ahead and play tug with your dog!

http://www.theguardian.com/science/2011/jul/17/dog-training-john-bradshaw-animal-behavior Professor John Bradshaw is holding out a clenched fist – you might see this as a novel way of greeting a stranger were it not that it is my…
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Manners: Impulse control

Puppy manners is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot. Just because you have taught your puppy “sit” does not mean that you will have a well behaved dog.…

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”.…

service dog practicing his skills

A good working dog is not distracted by rather huge temptations and stays focused . I think little Will is doing a superb job here. Of course the “settle’ has…

But my dog isn’t listening….

sit   Here’s an example: Say I’ve been working with a young dog for six months on sitting when asked. We’ve proofed the behavior in a million contexts, and Fido has…

Dog Training—Let Reason Prevail Over Force!

This post contains a link to a fascinating but  very long article. It  clarifies confused nomenclature pertaining to words and phrases like “dominance”, “fixed hierarchy” and “alpha”. Roger Abrantes removes…