Posted in APDT Conference 2010, Blog the Change for Animals, Dog greeting, Dogs Themselves, Dr. V., Edie Jarolim, Greeting behavior, Kathy Sdao, Letters to Sadie from APDT, Never shock a puppy, Pawcurious, Pictures, Sadie's Rules, Shock collar on Dec 30th, 2010
Tweet I lied. I said my last post, “Dogs Themselves”: 3 Hours of Great Dogful Radio” was my last post for 2010. Then today as I was perusing my favorite blogs I found Edie Jarolim’s “Ten Favorite Posts I Wrote in 2010…” Dr. V. over at Pawcurious issued a challenge to pet bloggers to share their favorite […]
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Tweet Three cups of calming Yogi tea and two yellow-labeled bottles of Rescue Remedy later, I thought I’d feel calmer. I don’t. My fingers sit paralyzed on the keyboard. I stare at the blank space beneath “Add New Post.” I don’t want to think about this week’s Never Shock a Puppy topic–rattlesnakes. I’m terrified of […]
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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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