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People-aggressive Dog? Positive Training to the Rescue

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 […]

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Treibball with Sadie? Sheer Joy! (Video)

Posted in Dianna Stearns, Fearful dogs, games, Hand targeting, Hilary Lane, Mary Manka, Positive reinforcement, Punishment, Treibball on Feb 8th, 2011

Tweet Even though Sadie is a fearful dog, I’m convinced her natural state-of-being is joy. When she feels safe, she oozes delight. She launches her body into midair and twirls it around just because the snow tickles her toes and the sun the shinning. Her tail whirls like a helicopter at the mere sound of […]

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Fearful Dogs Everywhere–Rejoice!

Posted in Book review, Fearful dogs, Fearfuldog's Blog, Positive reinforcement, Positive training, Reward-based training, Touch on Feb 3rd, 2011

Tweet I wish dogs could read. I especially wish fearful dogs could read. But, since they can’t, yet, (even though Sadie looks pretty convincing), you’ll want to read Debbie Jacobs’ A Guide to Living with & Training a Fearful Dog on behalf of the fearful dogs in your life. Almost two years ago, soon after I starting […]

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