Posted in APDT Conference 2010, Blog the Change for Animals, Dog greeting, Dogs Themselves, Dr. V., Edie Jarolim, Greeting behavior, Kathy Sdao, Letters to Sadie from APDT, Never shock a puppy, Pawcurious, Pictures, Sadie's Rules, Shock collar on Dec 30th, 2010
Tweet I lied. I said my last post, “Dogs Themselves”: 3 Hours of Great Dogful Radio” was my last post for 2010. Then today as I was perusing my favorite blogs I found Edie Jarolim’s “Ten Favorite Posts I Wrote in 2010…” Dr. V. over at Pawcurious issued a challenge to pet bloggers to share their favorite […]
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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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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 […]
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