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Posted in Aggression, Dog Training, Dominance, Fearful dogs, Positive training, Punishment on Apr 1st, 2011
Tweet Over 400 choke, prong, and shock collars have piled up as almost as many people have taken up the Human Society of Boulder Valley’s (HSBV) No-Choke Challenge. “Turn in your choke, prong, or shock collar for a free SENSE-ation or Weiss Walkie harness!” As Lisa Pedersen, CEO of HSBV, aptly said: At the end […]
Posted in Dog Training, Giveaway, Ian Dunbar, Seminar review on Mar 30th, 2011
Tweet In this post, the third in a series about Dr. Ian Dunbar’s new seminar, Science-Based Dog Training (with Feeling), we’ll begin our foray into some of the issues that are giving positive trainers something to bark about. (See the end of this post for links to previous posts in this series.) Today’s topic: Repeating cues. […]
Posted in Behavior, Dog Training, Ian Dunbar on Mar 14th, 2011
Tweet Greetings dog fans! The last few weeks have zoomed by at Border Collie breakneck speed, brimming with stuff that separated me from my laptop and (sigh) blogging. Dr. Ian Dunbar’s newly minted seminar, Science-Based Dog Training (with Feeling), which I had the good fortune of attending in Denver on March 4, 5, 6, happily reunited […]
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