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	<title>Boulder Dog &#187; Behavior</title>
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		<title>To Shock or Not To Shock: That Is NOT the Question!</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/09/08/to-shock-or-not-to-shock-that-is-not-the-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/09/08/to-shock-or-not-to-shock-that-is-not-the-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:54:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Clicker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fearful dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Pryor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nana Will]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Never shock a puppu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Bailey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clicker training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electric shock collar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marian Breland Bailey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Never shock a puppy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reward Based Dog Training]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You’re not going to like this,” Nana said. It was 1991 and Morgaine, my chocolate Standard Poodle, was six months old. Nana had been making weekly puppy training trips to our house from the day after I brought Morgaine home at ten weeks of age the previous November. I was bound and determined to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Splish Splash! A Photo Essay</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/09/06/splish-splash-a-photo-essay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/09/06/splish-splash-a-photo-essay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:14:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ira]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Photo essay]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Boulder Reservior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fetch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happy dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[play ball]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Swimming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tippy-toe-wiggle-butt-dance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sadie loves, loves I tell you, chasing her ball into Boulder Reservoir. Usually she and I play a duet, repeating this refrain: &#8216;Ready? Chuck. Splash. Retreive. Splash. Drop!&#8217; Ah, but, yesterday &#8216;her&#8217; Ira chucked the ball for her! How special was that? Sadie throws herself into paroxysms of her tippy-toe-wiggle-butt dance every time she merely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Want a Redo!</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/08/30/i-want-a-redo/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/08/30/i-want-a-redo/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 07:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Gigi Moss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Habituation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sadie puppy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Socialization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Critical period]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fearful dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive reinforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puppy socialization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I want a second chance with Sadie the puppy. I look back at fearful Sadie’s early months and wonder How in Dog’s name did I not see ‘that’ coming? But, alas, I cannot turn back the calendar. As I promised you last Thursday on the occasion of Sadie’s fourth birthday, I’ll tell you about a few [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sadie&#8217;s 4 Years Old Today! Lessons Learned</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/08/26/sadies-4-years-old-today-lessons-learned/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/08/26/sadies-4-years-old-today-lessons-learned/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 18:34:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fearful dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gigi Moss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nana Will]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive reinforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puppies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Puppy kindergarten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reward-based training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sadie's Birthday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fearfuldogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reward Based Dog Training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scared dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shy dogs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 mind? [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calming signals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Classical conditioning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conditioned emotional response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog greeting behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive reinforcement]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boulderdog.net/?p=2275</guid>
		<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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		<slash:comments>22</slash:comments>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog greeting behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fearful dogs]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boulderdog.net/?p=2034</guid>
		<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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<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>

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		<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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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lunch with Turid Rugaas: Am I Driving My Dog Crazy?</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/11/05/lunch-with-turid-rugaas-am-i-driving-my-dog-crazy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/11/05/lunch-with-turid-rugaas-am-i-driving-my-dog-crazy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Puppy kindergarten]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turid Rugaas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[calming signals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Association of Pet Dog Trainers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APDT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fearful dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Over-stimulation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shy dogs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boulderdog.net/?p=1063</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tears, no, make that sobs, shattered my usual I-am-a-rational-person persona. The quesadilla I was eating momentarily stuck in my throat, caught in the crosscurrents of my trying to swallow against erupting emotion that seemed to come out of nowhere. It all began very innocently. Turid Rugaas and I were seated alone at adjacent tables in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>27</slash:comments>
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		<title>And another thing&#8230; Please Don&#8217;t Blago My Dog!</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/09/27/and-another-thing-please-dont-blagojevitch-my-dog/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/09/27/and-another-thing-please-dont-blagojevitch-my-dog/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Sep 2009 22:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[And another thing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blagojevitch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fearful dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NILIF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nothing in life is free]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scared dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shy dogs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.boulderdog.net/?p=979</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[(updated below) The stranger kindly consents to give Sadie a little piece of salmon jerky. I place the goodie in his hand expecting him immediately to offer it to her. But, no! As soon as the fish hits his palm it dawns on him that he&#8217;s now in possession of something valuable; he has something [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[And another thing]]></category>
		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive reinforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reward]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shock collar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Treats]]></category>

		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[E collar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Electric shock collar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Orwell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helicoptering dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Karen Pryor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Orwellian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Positive reinforcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Remote collar]]></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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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Fearful dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happy dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicholas Dodman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clicker training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Happy dogs]]></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>And another thing&#8230; I Do Not Want My Dog To Be &#8216;Calm-Submissive&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/06/14/and-another-thing-i-do-not-want-my-dog-to-be-calm-submissive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today begins a new series of blog entries entitled &#8216;And another thing’—brief &#8216;shout outs&#8217; shorter than my typical blog post and too long for a tweet. Some things grind away at my thoughts like a dog that refuses to give up gnawing a bare bone. Others things make me feel so happy, I swear could [...]]]></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>
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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>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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		<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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