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Posted in Clicker, Fearful dogs, Karen Pryor, Nana Will, Never shock a puppu on Sep 8th, 2010
Tweet “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 […]
Posted in Clicker, Fearful dogs, Patricia McConnell on Aug 23rd, 2010
Tweet Sadie pranced, her tail riding high, right up to the sales clerk behind the counter at Ladies Footlocker, “Do you have a goodie for me?” It didn’t used to be that way. The first time I took Sadie to the 29th Street Shopping Mall when she was a puppy she was terrified. Her wide […]
Posted in Clicker, games, Injury, Reward-based training, Tennis ball, Touch on Aug 18th, 2010
Tweet When we left Sadie in the previous post, she was polishing off her yummy frozen treat-in-a-sock-in-a-box and I was pondering more brain-wearying games for her to play while she’s recovering from her injury. Sadie’s wild about tennis balls. How could we play with tennis balls that didn’t require her running after them? My eyes […]
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