Posted in BlogPaws, BlogPaws West, Clicker, Etta Says!, eww Pawsitively Clean, Giveaway, Kyjen Treat Wheel Puzzle Toy, Lisa Spector, Pedigree Adoption Drive, Through a Dog's Ear, Wellness Welbites on Sep 27th, 2010
Tweet There’s ordinary run-of-the-mill conference schwag, and then there’s Blogpaws schwag. It’s positively pawsome. Thank you BlogPaws for your kind generosity. BlogPaws West ended two weeks ago and I’m just now sorting through all the goodies. I’m going to give a lot of it away—the first of three giveaways is today. See below for details. Of course, Ms. […]
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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 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 […]
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