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		<title>Are Dogs and People So Different?</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/07/29/are-dogs-and-people-so-different/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/07/29/are-dogs-and-people-so-different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:37:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog greeting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greeting behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Snarky dog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[calming signals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[     Sadie is sometimes snarky. So am I. Aren&#8217;t you? Aren&#8217;t we all?       (I know. Snarky is not a real word. But, it should be. It just so onomatopoetic.)      Have you ever met someone who just rubbed you the wrong way right from the start? At first meeting they enthusiastically [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You for Ignoring My Dog</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/07/12/thank-you-for-ignoring-my-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/07/12/thank-you-for-ignoring-my-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greeting behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sadie's Rules]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog behavior]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[     In Sadie’s ideal world strangers don’t look at her much less stare at her. They don’t reach out to pet her. Definitely they don’t jostle her ears. They all go about their business as if Sadie wasn’t there, except, of course, they don’t bump into her or step on her paws. Sadie, naturally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Commit Random Acts of Positive Reinforcement!</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/05/04/commit-random-acts-of-positive-reinforcement/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/05/04/commit-random-acts-of-positive-reinforcement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2010 20:45:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edie Jarolim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive reinforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reward-based training]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Behavior consequences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reward Based Dog Training]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[First, a pop quiz! 1. Your wild and crazy puppy, Sophie, has settled down in her bed, finally giving you the chance to crack open Edie Jarolim&#8217;s Am I Boring My Dog?, which you have been dying to read. You a) Ignore her. b) Wake her up to be sure she’s really just sleeping and not in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OMG! There&#8217;s a Troll Under that Bridge!</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/12/30/omg-theres-a-troll-under-that-bridge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/12/30/omg-theres-a-troll-under-that-bridge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 00:18:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog Star Daily]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fearful dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Dunbar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pictures]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Retreat and treat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treats]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aversive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confident]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flooding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Pryor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boulderdog.net/?p=1232</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The doggie gods smiled on Sadie and me. Celestial kongs aligned. A solution to a challenge that has vexed us for months—walking across a bridge under which Sadie was convinced there lurked a dog-devouring troll&#8211;seemingly magically appeared.  See the guy on the bridge? He&#8217;s not a troll. That&#8217;s Ira, Sadie&#8217;s dad, and she&#8217;s worried that he surely has [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bonfire of the Insanities: Dumbinance Strikes Again</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/11/24/bonfire-of-the-insanities-dumbinance-strikes-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/11/24/bonfire-of-the-insanities-dumbinance-strikes-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:58:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calm-submissive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dumbinance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Dunbar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat Miller]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shock collar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trish King]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blame the victim]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bonfire of the insanities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calm-assertive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cesar Millan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denial]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog Whisperer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Pryor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Minimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive reinforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rationalization]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boulderdog.net/?p=1109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Dominance theory, or dumbinance theory as I prefer to call it, reared its howling head again, this time as a prescription for child rearing—“Becoming the Alpha Dog in Your Own Home.” (As of today, the most popular article in the NYT.) Meet Cesar Millan, the new no-nonsense nanny. Here. In the New York Times. Again. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And another thing&#8230; Give Your Dog a Bribe!</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/11/15/and-another-thing-give-your-dog-a-bribe/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/11/15/and-another-thing-give-your-dog-a-bribe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog Star Daily]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calming signals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavior consequences]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dog treats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reading &#8220;5 Myths about Training Dogs with Treats,&#8221; Eric Goebelbecker&#8217;s excellent post at www.DogStarDaily.com, set me to pondering. What&#8217;s wrong with a friendly bribe between buddies? I know. I know. Eric is exactly right. Treats are not bribes. In the hands of skilled trainers, treats are simply a means of positively reinforcing your dog&#8217;s behavior. But, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Doggie Wizard</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/10/11/the-doggie-wizard/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/10/11/the-doggie-wizard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 17:37:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fearful dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha roll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doggie wizard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gigi Moss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Leader of the pack]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sadie and I cruise around Boulder nearly everyday running errands and socializing, socializing, socializing. During our adventures we’ve encountered many dog-loving Boulderites, and more than a few who fancy themselves as having near magical powers with dogs. Some say outright, “You know, I’m a dog whisperer. Dogs listen to me like they do the guy [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Humping on Cue?</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/09/06/humping-on-cue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/09/06/humping-on-cue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 05:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean Donaldson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suzanne Clothier]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Stilwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humping on cue]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boulderdog.net/?p=797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Twitter is all a flutter. The now notorious, 2007 YouTube video of Jean Donaldson&#8217;s Chow, Buffy, vigorously humping her extended leg on cue, has resurfaced. You can see it here. Reactions to the video when it first appeared were swift and caustic. (And, they are still coming! The last one on YouTube was posted two hours [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>My Dog Is Just Not That Into Me</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/08/28/my-dog-is-just-not-that-into-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/08/28/my-dog-is-just-not-that-into-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2009 20:29:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Stilwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Animal Planet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cuddling with dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog behavior]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[It's Me or the Dog]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boulderdog.net/?p=785</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Envy smarts when I read tweets like this one from @KellyGDunbar: Trying 2 type w/an 85lb AmBull (Dune) on my back-He&#8217;s sitting behind me on my chair w/his huge head on my shoulder as tho he&#8217;s reading-he missed me.  Or, this from @Barrie: Night all. My dogs and I are off to bed for cuddles [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>And another thing&#8230; Do You Suffer from &#8220;Alpha Anxiety&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/08/16/and-another-thing-do-you-suffer-from-alpha-anxiety/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/08/16/and-another-thing-do-you-suffer-from-alpha-anxiety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Aug 2009 01:18:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Stilwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cesar Millan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominance theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E collar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electric shock collar]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boulderdog.net/?p=714</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(updated below) Do you no longer invite friends to dinner because you worry they will learn the truth&#8211;that Maximus is the real Top Dog and you are a sorry wimp because he has commandeered the living room couch and carved his name into it with his teeth? Are you concerned that Brunhilda is vying for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Positively Orwellian in Dogworld</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/07/31/its-positively-orwellian-in-the-dogworld/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/07/31/its-positively-orwellian-in-the-dogworld/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 05:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jean Donaldson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shock collar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1984]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Calm-submissive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cesar Millan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clicker training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conditioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conditioning a positive emotional response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog behavior]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[E collar]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[George Orwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helicoptering dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Pryor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orwellian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive reinforcement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(updated below) It&#8217;s positively Orwellian in Dogworld these days. Up is down. War is peace. And, the shark-tooth pinch collar (That IS what it looks like and it does bite the dog&#8217;s neck. See it here.) is called the &#8220;good dog collar.” It is &#8220;gentle&#8221; and &#8220;enhances your relationship with your dog&#8221; and is sold by PetSafe [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Dismantling Cesar&#8217;s House of Dominance</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/07/18/dismantling-cesars-house-of-domimance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/07/18/dismantling-cesars-house-of-domimance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Jul 2009 20:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Article review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Dunbar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lisa Mullinax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sophia Yin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Victoria Stilwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha dogma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cesar Millan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Debbie Wolf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog Star Daily]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominance theory]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fearfuldogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[It's Me or the Dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kelly Dunbar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive reinforcement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boulderdog.net/?p=585</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m feeling a little sick to my stomach this morning having just spoken with a friend who has a friend who worships Cesar Millan. Let&#8217;s name her Melissa. Melissa has totally bought into CM&#8217;s simplistic and wrong-headed belief that just about all the problems you have with your dog can be ridiculously reduced to one [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Makes Your Dog Really Happy?</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/06/29/what-makes-your-dog-really-happy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/06/29/what-makes-your-dog-really-happy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clicker]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas Dodman]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[You will never have a &#8216;normal&#8217; dog no matter how much counter-conditioning and desensitization you do. No matter how many hours of training you invest. At least that&#8217;s how I condensed Dr. Nicholas Dodman&#8217;s lecture on fearfulness and fear aggression. &#8220;You can rehabilitate, but there is no cure. And, there is a tendency to relapse.&#8221; Thanks. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Shocking!</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/06/18/its-shocking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/06/18/its-shocking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavior marker]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Pat Miller]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[(Previously titled: &#8220;Spare the Shock Collar, Spoil the Dog?&#8221;) Three events over as many days added up to what some refer to as a &#8216;woo-woo&#8217; experience. Not unusual for Boulder, &#8216;Woo-woo World Central.&#8217; So, when it happens to me, I take notice. Hmm. Maybe I need to write about shock collars. First, two days ago, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This Is Not the Dog I Want!</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/05/31/this-is-not-the-dog-i-want/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 20:13:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fearful dogs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[But, she was the dog I absolutely HAD to have. I told Fran and Dorothy, the breeders (I detest the sound of that word), that I did not want a shy dog. My first dog, Sarah, was tremulous and suspicious. One day she was a happy puppy, the next, afraid of everything and everyone. To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alpha Dogma: Goodbye to All That</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/05/20/alpha-dogma-goodbye-to-all-that/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/05/20/alpha-dogma-goodbye-to-all-that/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 05:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Mech]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Karen Pryor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive reinforcement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Alpha dog here, alpha dog there, alpha dog everywhere. I thought, if I hear one more shout-out to showing your dog that you are the alpha leader of the pack by all manner of growling and man-handling, surely I will take Karen Pryor&#8216;s advice to not shoot the dog, and shoot myself instead. Then, I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magic &#8220;Touch&#8221; for Fearful Dogs</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/05/06/magic-touch-for-fearful-dogs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/05/06/magic-touch-for-fearful-dogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 May 2009 01:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Hand targeting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Touch.&#8221; I thought our trainer had gone a cue too far. Why on earth would I want Sadie to touch her nose, sweet as it is, to the palm of my hand? On Cue? This is nuts, I thought. Make work. I wanted Sadie to sit, and down, and come, and leave it, and settle. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Do You Greet A Strange Dog?</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/04/17/how-do-you-greet-a-strange-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/04/17/how-do-you-greet-a-strange-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog greeting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jean Donaldson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA["How Do You Greet a Strange Dog?" Answer, "You don't!"  I laughed. I was sitting in the front row of a week-end long presentation by dog trainer, behaviorist , and author extraordinare, Jean Donaldson, at the Humane Society of Boulder  Valley last fall (2008). Jean presented a litany of offenses that humans, with the best of intentions, commit against unsuspecting canines. I cringed as she went down her list.]]></description>
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