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		<title>&#8216;Never Shock a Puppy&#8217; Lift-off! FAQ&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/08/31/never-shock-a-puppy-lift-off-faqs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/08/31/never-shock-a-puppy-lift-off-faqs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 05:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Be the Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BlogPaws]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Debbie Jacobs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is first day of the Never Shock a Puppy campaign! I&#8217;m so excited and honored to be a part of this effort. I want to tell you all about it and how you too can become involved. Let&#8217;s get started! What is Never Shock a Puppy (NSAP)? Never Shock a Puppy is an eight-week [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Want a Redo!</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/08/30/i-want-a-redo/</link>
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		<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>
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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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		<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>
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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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		<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>

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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog greeting 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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		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
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		<title>&#8220;Drop the ball, Jake&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/04/21/drop-the-ball-jake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2010/04/21/drop-the-ball-jake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Apr 2010 03:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dominance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alpha dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cesar Millan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog behavior]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Everything written here is true. The first part happened in the real world. The second part played out in the other real world, my mind. Ron the guy and Jake the dog squared off. Wagging forefinger vs. growling snout. Man vs. miniature poodle. On the pink silk sofa in Sally’s living room. I was dog [...]]]></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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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[calming signals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American Association of Pet Dog Trainers]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Over-stimulation]]></category>
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		<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>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>

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		<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>

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		<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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		<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>
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		<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>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>

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		<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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		<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>
		<comments>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/06/14/and-another-thing-i-do-not-want-my-dog-to-be-calm-submissive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:33:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alpha dog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dominance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fearful dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greeting behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relaxed-happy-confident]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alpha dogma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cesar Millan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dog training]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dogs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dominance theory]]></category>
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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>Magic &#8220;Touch&#8221; for Fearful Dogs</title>
		<link>http://www.boulderdog.net/2009/05/06/magic-touch-for-fearful-dogs/</link>
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		<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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		<category><![CDATA[Patricia McConnell]]></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>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2009 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Deborah Flick</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jean Donaldson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fearful dogs]]></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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