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Posted in Chicken camp, Dog Training, Uncategorized on May 4th, 2011
Tweet “Why did the chicken cross the road?” Ralph Waldo Emerson: It didn’t cross the road; it transcended it. Ernest Hemingway: To die. In the rain. Jack Nickolson: ‘Cause it #$@&! wanted to! That’s the *&#@*! reason! Mark Twain: The news of it’s crossing has been greatly exaggerated. Want to read more clever clucking? Go […]
Posted in Clicker, Gigi Moss, Nana Will, Negative punishment, Never shock a puppy, Patricia McConnell, Positive punishment, Positive reinforcement, Puppies, Puppy kindergarten, Recall on Sep 29th, 2010
Tweet If I had to choose the single most important cue I want my Sadie girl to answer to on a dime no matter what— no matter how far away she is from me or seductive the distractions—it’s ‘come.’ Actually our recall word isn’t ‘come’ it’s Sa-die-Sa-die which I call out in a high pitched […]
Posted in Clicker, Fearful dogs, Karen Pryor, Nana Will, Never shock a puppu on Sep 8th, 2010
Tweet “You’re not going to like this,” Nana said. It was 1991 and Morgaine, my chocolate Standard Poodle, was six months old. Nana had been making weekly puppy training trips to our house from the day after I brought Morgaine home at ten weeks of age the previous November. I was bound and determined to […]
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