Posted in Dogs Themselves, Review on Dec 29th, 2010
Tweet The week before last I got lucky. I stumbled upon a tweet by Kathy Sdao (@ksdao) with a link to a Canadian radio program called “Ideas.” For three successive Mondays they broadcasted a series of one-hour episodes titled Dogs Themselves. I just finished listening to the final installment. It aired last night, December 27, […]
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Posted in NOVA Dogs Decoded on Nov 15th, 2010
Tweet (UPDATED 11/19/10: Dogs Decoded is available on Netflix Streaming. Watch it here. You need to have a Netflix account. Thank you Nick Boosk for this info.) (UPATED 11/17/10: Unfortunately this video is not longer available for viewing at the NOVA site.) Well I did. And, I was so bummed. Then yesterday Mary Haight of […]
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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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