For the love of dogs and their people
Posted in Dog Training, Positive training, Thunder phobia on Apr 13th, 2011
Tweet Thunder phobia is probably one of the most intractable problems with which dogs and their people contend. Storms and thunder propel some dogs into seemingly unbearable distress and wildly destructive behavior. Their people often feel helpless and frustrated. All too often such dogs are repeatedly adopted and surrendered to a shelter until they are […]
Posted in Aggression, Clicker, Dog Training, Positive reinforcement, Positive training on Apr 11th, 2011
Tweet UPDATE (4/11/11): Try this at home. Google “dog people aggression.” I did and here’s what I found. Outside of two notable exceptions, Google’s top eleven picks didn’t offer much that was helpful. Most sites referred to so-called “dominance aggression.” One site delineated a tedious taxonomy of differently motivated types of dog aggression. Several sites […]
Posted in Aggression, Clicker, Dog Training, Dominance, Positive training on Apr 8th, 2011
Tweet Resource guarding, biting, and on-leash reactivity to other dogs are typical offenses that pepper the rap-sheet of so-called “red-zone” dogs, dogs that allegedly are attempting to dominate people or other dogs with displays of aggression. Welcome to the fourth post in our six-part series: Difficult, Aggressive Dogs Need Strong Training. (Really?) John Visconti continues his story about […]
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