Tweet It‘s a Thanksgiving tradition. Ira and I fly to Oakland and JoAnn, our good friend, picks us up and away we go to Gualala, a marvelously funky little town situated on the bluffs above the Pacific Ocean about 100 miles north of San Francisco. This year Sam, JoAnn’s daughter, joined us with her dog, […]
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Tweet Hey there Sadie Girl, Are your ears burning? ‘Cause I’ve been thinking about you kid! First of all, nose work. Kelly Dunbar of Dog Star Daily, you’ve never met her but she knows about you, facilitated a luncheon talk about nose work. Basically, you would go sniffin’ after cool scents and I’d follow behind you. […]
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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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