Posted in Barking, Be the Change, Behavior, Clicker, Dog greeting, Dog Star Daily, Fearful dogs, Ian Dunbar, Karen Pryor, Never shock a puppy, Positive punishment, Positive reinforcement, Positive training, Punishment, Shock collar on Sep 22nd, 2010
Tweet News Flash! Dogs bark! Okay, that might not be news to you, but it was to Jenny, a friend and first-time doggie mom. She was frantic because Emma, her puppy, barked at people walking by the house on the sidewalk, at squirrels, and no surprise, when Jenny left her alone in her crate. All […]
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Posted in Alpha dog, Dog Star Daily, Dominance, Ian Dunbar, Jean Donaldson, Karen Pryor, Nicholas Dodman, Sophia Yin, Suzanne Clothier, Turid Rugaas, Uncategorized on Apr 17th, 2010
Tweet Boulder Dog Blog is one year old today and to commemorate the occasion I’d like to share with you Boulder Dog’s greatest hits. Now, there are a few ways we can sniff out the best posts. I could highlight the most popular posts according to the number of views they received from you, my […]
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Tweet 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–seemingly magically appeared. See the guy on the bridge? He’s not a troll. That’s Ira, Sadie’s dad, and she’s worried that he surely […]
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