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 Alpha dog, Dog Star Daily, Dominance, Ian Dunbar, Jean Donaldson, Karen Pryor, Nicholas Dodman, Sophia Yin, Suzanne Clothier, Turid Rugaas, Uncategorized on Apr 17th, 2010
Tweet Boulder Dog Blog is one year old today and to commemorate the occasion I’d like to share with you Boulder Dog’s greatest hits. Now, there are a few ways we can sniff out the best posts. I could highlight the most popular posts according to the number of views they received from you, my […]
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Tweet Twitter is all aflutter. Tweeps are tweeting and re-tweeting good news for dogs! Since my last post was all about the insanity of dumbinance, ah, dominance, I couldn’t pass up this opportunity offer some refreshing good cheer. Within a few minutes of each other earlier today, some terrific dog tweeps I follow (and you […]
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