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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 […]
Posted in Treibball on Jan 17th, 2011
Tweet I almost didn’t take Sadie to the Treibball Winter Games. She’s too fearful of novel experiences. She’ll hate it. But, then I did bearing in mind the caveat that Sadie’s the decider. If she tells me she wants to join in, great. If not, that’s gotta be fine too. Thinking I’d have to leave her in […]
Posted in Behavior, Hand targeting, Touch, Uncategorized on May 6th, 2009
Tweet “Touch.” I thought our trainer had gone a cue too far. Why on earth would I want Sadie to touch her nose, sweet as it is, to the palm of my hand? On Cue? This is nuts, I thought. Make work. I wanted Sadie to sit, and down, and come, and leave it, and […]
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