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Posted in Behavior, Hand targeting, Touch, Uncategorized on May 6th, 2009
Tweet “Touch.” I thought our trainer had gone a cue too far. Why on earth would I want Sadie to touch her nose, sweet as it is, to the palm of my hand? On Cue? This is nuts, I thought. Make work. I wanted Sadie to sit, and down, and come, and leave it, and […]
Posted in Nail trimming, Pictures, Uncategorized on Apr 25th, 2009
Tweet I dread, deeply, clipping Sadie’s toe nails. I go all queasy just thinking about it. Sadie is shy and extremely sensitive. I wasn’t about to be the meanie coming at her with what I feared would look like hedge shears to her. It didn’t happen often, but when I did cut too close to […]
Posted in Behavior, Dog greeting, Greeting behavior, Jean Donaldson on Apr 17th, 2009
“How Do You Greet a Strange Dog?” Answer, “You don’t!” I laughed. I was sitting in the front row of a week-end long presentation by dog trainer, behaviorist , and author extraordinare, Jean Donaldson, at the Humane Society of Boulder Valley last fall (2008). Jean presented a litany of offenses that humans, with the best of intentions, commit against unsuspecting canines. I cringed as she went down her list.
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