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Posted in And another thing, Be the Change, Behavior, BlogPaws 2010, BlogPaws West, Up For Pups on Sep 19th, 2010
Tweet It’s “Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet Week” from today through next Sunday, September 25! Ah, what’s “Adopt a Less Adoptable Pet Week”? I’m glad you asked! Last week at BlogPaws bloggers were challenged to “Be the Change for Pets” by posting pictures of less adoptable pets from today through next Sunday, September 25. On […]
Posted in Be the Change, Behavior, Behavior marker, Clicker, Greeting behavior, Kathy Sdao, Never shock a puppy, Positive reinforcement, Positive training, Shock collar, Stress on Sep 15th, 2010
Tweet (Originally posted June 18, 2009, It’s Shocking has been revised and updated.) The young man at the dog park was using a shock collar to train his dog. To be fair, the discomfort to the dog was below the screaming-in-pain threshold. In fact, I didn’t, or couldn’t, hear the dog whimper. And, the man […]
Posted in Behavior, Fearful dogs, Gigi Moss, Nana Will, Positive reinforcement, Positive training, Puppies, Puppy kindergarten, Reward-based training, Sadie's Birthday, Treats on Aug 26th, 2010
Tweet Today is Sadie’s fourth birthday and I’m feeling nostalgic: Where did the time go? I remember frantically calling Gigi Moss like it was yesterday morning. I barely choked out, “My puppy is terrified of everything! I don’t know what to do!” “Bring her to my puppy kindergarten,” Gigi said. Is she out of her […]
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