Dog Training Builds Relationships
A year ago if you had asked me to describe Buddha "aloof" would have definitely been one of the adjectives I used. Buddha was an adult when we adopted him. He wasn’t fully house-trained and had no notion of using a crate. He was very agreeable around both people and dogs, but there was always [...]
How to Stop Leash Aggression
It may be the oldest story in dog training: a dog that is an otherwise perfectly-behaved, downright sweet, and beloved member of the family, will growl, bark, lunge, and may even bite another dogs he encounters on leash. Take the leash off and he is a model citizen at the dog park or day care. [...]
Counter-conditioning and Desensitization for Dogs (Part 1)
We’ve all heard of Pavlov, his bell, and his dogs, but what did he really discover, and how does it apply to dog training? Ivan Pavlov noticed that the dogs that he was already experimenting on (he was using the dogs for research on digestion) would salivate when lab technicians arrived at the lab to [...]
ABCs Part 5: Staying on Schedule
Understanding how behaviors are maintained is critical to both eliminating behaviors we don’t want and for keeping the ones we like. I’ve been writing about the ABCs for a few weeks now. (That link takes you to a list of the posts. Unfortunately you need to start at the bottom to read in order. I’m [...]
Pukka’s Promise (Book Review)
Even with this blog being on “hiatus” for well over a year, I receive a lot of books to review. Many are started and never finished while many are, well, never even started. But when a new book (Pukka’s Promise: The Quest for Longer-Lived Dogs) from Ted Kerasote shows up, you better believe it is [...]
