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Posted in Dog Star Daily, Fearful dogs, Ian Dunbar, Puppies, Turid Rugaas, Uncategorized on Dec 18th, 2009
Tweet My recent post, Lunch with Turid Rugaas: Am I Driving My Dog Crazy? initially stirred a wave of reactions from readers as you can see in the comments section of the post. As naturally happens, though, after a few days of spirited back-and-forth the dialogue ebbed and I moved on to other topics. Then, […]
Posted in And another thing, Treats, Uncategorized on Sep 27th, 2009
Tweet (updated below) The stranger kindly consents to give Sadie a little piece of salmon jerky. I place the goodie in his hand expecting him immediately to offer it to her. But, no! As soon as the fish hits his palm it dawns on him that he’s now in possession of something valuable; he has […]
Posted in Behavior, Clicker, Fearful dogs, Happy dog, Nicholas Dodman, Uncategorized on Jun 29th, 2009
Tweet You will never have a ‘normal’ dog no matter how much counter-conditioning and desensitization you do. No matter how many hours of training you invest. At least that’s how I condensed Dr. Nicholas Dodman’s lecture on fearfulness and fear aggression. “You can rehabilitate, but there is no cure. And, there is a tendency to relapse.” […]
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