Interesting Session: Follow up on June
Do you remember the story of June, the rescue mini dachshund with the megaesophagus? Yesterday I got a text that June was able to stay alone without any signs of…
Dog Relations Accomplishments
Interesting Session
I find different behavior cases so interesting, challenging, and gratifying when I can find a way to solve the path. Today I went to see a dog with megaesophagus. This…
Elisabeth Weiss – A wikiHow Expert
We use the internet every day to find much-needed answers to questions about our pets happiness, health and training. WikiHow is a huge resource for addressing these and many other…
A Little Food for Thought When It Comes to Treats
Let me just say that the word “treat’ implies that there is something particularly special about the quality or the palatability or the salience. Remember that “treat” also can be…
Training your dog with positive reinforcement
Just because you say it, doesn’t mean it’s going to happen I think one of the biggest misconceptions people have about a dog’s learning process is that they think the…
consequences for nuisance behaviors
One of the first things I taught my puppy Zeldi is to settle on the floor during food preparations, human and canine. She knows that very well. as soon as…
“Greed” in the context of dog training
When talking about greed in the context of teaching dogs I think of the following: The lack of generosity in rewarding behaviors you want to promote Asking for too…
Thinking from the dog’s point of view
The general advice for extinguishing unwanted behaviors is to “ignore” those behaviors. I think that simply saying “ignore the behavior” is not exactly the right way to put it. If…
Rewarding Dogs Without Food
Recently I learned more about the Premack principle in a webinar given by Kathy Sdao who is an admirable animal trainer. I was interested in learning more about how I…
Small victories make me happy
A couple of years ago I read a blogpost by the very thoughtful British dog trainer Kay Laurence. Home She had a new puppy at the time and she was…