Posted in Barking, Behavior, Behavior marker, Clicker, Control Unleashed, Fearful dogs, Gigi Moss, Leslie McDevitt, Never shock a puppy, Patricia McConnell, Positive punishment, Positive reinforcement, Positive training, Punishment, Reward-based training on Oct 7th, 2010
Tweet Hint: Do not choke, shock or punish your dog’s barking, growling, or lunging in any way shape or form. You will only make things worse by confirming for your dog that whatever it is she’s afraid of will indeed cause her harm in the form of your so-called “correction.” Do not correct your dog. […]
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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 BlogPaws, BlogPaws West, Clicker, Etta Says!, eww Pawsitively Clean, Giveaway, Kyjen Treat Wheel Puzzle Toy, Lisa Spector, Pedigree Adoption Drive, Through a Dog's Ear, Wellness Welbites on Sep 27th, 2010
Tweet There’s ordinary run-of-the-mill conference schwag, and then there’s Blogpaws schwag. It’s positively pawsome. Thank you BlogPaws for your kind generosity. BlogPaws West ended two weeks ago and I’m just now sorting through all the goodies. I’m going to give a lot of it away—the first of three giveaways is today. See below for details. Of course, Ms. […]
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