Impulse control game: waiting pays off !
Most of us have heard of the behavior exercise : Leave it! When the skill is learned the dog will turn away from an object he desires voluntarily because this…
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Puppies: Behavior vs “Obedience”
So, here you are and you have a growing, teething puppy and you are confronted with a mountain of natural but undesirable behaviors. From jumping up and nipping and shredding…
Focus can teach relaxation
One of my more successful discoveries, right when I started to teach dogs new behaviors was that dogs who were distracted, constantly scanning the environment or to use a…
More silly tricks
“Wag your tail” on cue! “Twirl” the pedal of a bicycle…just because and why not?
First Google+ hangout! Mark your calendar for the next…
A couple of weeks ago Clinton Dixson, my web expert, and I did a Google+ hangout. I must say that it was fun even though the circumstances in my apartment…
Is your dog scared of the vacuum? Here’s how to change that.
So your dog is scared of the vacuum cleaner… Your dog knows what’s coming. When you go to take out the vacuum cleaner, they go into “high alert mode”; and…
Consistency
Inevitably when I talk to people about raising their puppies or work with them on behavior issues I talk about “follow through” and “consistency” and they think of me as…
Fearful dogs: think tiny increments and the importance of how a treat is delivered
Working with small and fearful dogs is a fascinating project. Being afraid of getting up and down stairs is not that unusual a problem for dogs, but for tiny dogs…
Puppy Training
I was going to write something about housetraining but I changed my mind. I think it is much more important to write something about another aspect of raising a puppy.…
Recent fun happenings at DogRelations
The incentive for teaching Lulu to run into the harness from a distance came from the owner who complained that she tended to back away from him when he tried…