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Inspired by Dogs & Nature
In my opinion, there are two basic strategies that we use when teaching / training a dog.The first method puts the trainer in the position of encouraging the puppy to perform behaviors by rewarding the desired behavior or an approximation of that behavior. This… Continue Reading “Loose Lead Walking – training a puppy”
I’ve been working with a handful of four month old puppies on some very basic service dog training tasks. A couple of the puppies are very keen and I have decided to teach them scent discrimination. This task can be used to alert to… Continue Reading “Early Scent Discrimination Training”
Over the past couple of months, I’ve been busy moving our three business websites to WordPress, where editing and uploading is far easier than the old way I was doing it by creating htm files in one software and uploading them to the host… Continue Reading “Bringing things together”
It’s not complicated.Dogs are easy. Humans? Not so much.But, to be honest; applying the same basic principles in human relationships results in the same positive outcome.Dogs can teach us a lot about ourselves.It’s only common sense to get down to the very basic principles… Continue Reading “Two Principles”
Today a woman and her husband arrived to drop off their dog, Olive, for our Board & Train program. About a month ago I spoke with Paula on the phone at length in order to gain a sense of her perception of Olive’s needs… Continue Reading “The Holy Grail of Dog Training”
Dogs can be therapeutic in ways we don’t really recognize … until we do. When your dog goes a bit wonky, ask yourself if he’s just reading your energy and mirroring your condition. Then, take a deep breath. Relax. Tell yourself that it will… Continue Reading “What Is Your Reflection?”
This is part of a new series of free advice I have decided to offer about common sense dog training. A Most Basic Strategy for Dog Happiness The Do Versus Don’t Principle My brain was struggling to catch up with my body as I… Continue Reading “Don’t Versus Do”
