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Category Archive for 'Dominance'

Resource Guarding? Biting? Dog-dog Agression? No Sweat.

Posted in Aggression, Clicker, Dog Training, Dominance, Positive training on Apr 8th, 2011

Tweet Resource guarding, biting, and on-leash reactivity to other dogs are typical offenses that pepper the rap-sheet of so-called “red-zone” dogs, dogs that allegedly are attempting to dominate people or other dogs with displays of aggression. Welcome to the fourth post in our six-part series: Difficult, Aggressive Dogs Need Strong Training. (Really?) John Visconti continues his story about […]

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Part 2: Difficult, Aggressive Dogs Need “Strong” Training. Really?

Posted in Aggression, Clicker, Dog Training, Dominance, Positive reinforcement, Positive training on Apr 4th, 2011

Tweet Imagine this. You volunteer at a shelter where you meet a dog that has, well, issues. You’re told she “blows up” over nothing. She bites you over a prized pig’s ear. She’s highly reactive to other dogs and strange humans she encounters on walks. She freaks out during lightening and thunder storms as if […]

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Difficult, Aggressive Dogs Need “Strong” Training. Really?

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 […]

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