Posted in Clicker, Gigi Moss, Nana Will, Negative punishment, Never shock a puppy, Patricia McConnell, Positive punishment, Positive reinforcement, Puppies, Puppy kindergarten, Recall on Sep 29th, 2010
Tweet If I had to choose the single most important cue I want my Sadie girl to answer to on a dime no matter what— no matter how far away she is from me or seductive the distractions—it’s ‘come.’ Actually our recall word isn’t ‘come’ it’s Sa-die-Sa-die which I call out in a high pitched […]
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Posted in Behavior, Fearful dogs, Gigi Moss, Nana Will, Positive reinforcement, Positive training, Puppies, Puppy kindergarten, Reward-based training, Sadie's Birthday, Treats on Aug 26th, 2010
Tweet 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 […]
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Tweet My recent post, Lunch with Turid Rugaas: Am I Driving My Dog Crazy? initially stirred a wave of reactions from readers as you can see in the comments section of the post. As naturally happens, though, after a few days of spirited back-and-forth the dialogue ebbed and I moved on to other topics. Then, […]
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