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Positive Does NOT Mean Permissive

Posted in Aggression, Clicker, Dog Training, Positive reinforcement on Apr 5th, 2011

Tweet Welcome to the third post in our six-part series: Difficult, Aggressive Dogs Need Strong Training. Really? John Visconti continues his story about rehabilitating and training Pepper, the dog-aggressive, stranger-aggressive, resource guarding, and thunder phobic pooch he adopted from a local shelter. One of the many reasons I’m delighted and privileged to share John’s and […]

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Part 2: Difficult, Aggressive Dogs Need “Strong” Training. Really?

Posted in Aggression, Clicker, Dog Training, Dominance, Positive reinforcement, Positive training on Apr 4th, 2011

Tweet Imagine this. You volunteer at a shelter where you meet a dog that has, well, issues. You’re told she “blows up” over nothing. She bites you over a prized pig’s ear. She’s highly reactive to other dogs and strange humans she encounters on walks. She freaks out during lightening and thunder storms as if […]

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