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Aggression is defined by the ASPCA Behaviorist Website as, “threatening or harmful behavior directed toward another individual (a person, another cat or other animals).” Often, the purpose of aggression is to increase the distance between the animal and the perceived threat. There are innumerable reasons why a dog may show aggression, and usually there is more [...] During the summer and early fall, we spent a lot of time outdoors with our dogs; playing, walking, swimming and running through fields. But once the holiday season starts creeping in, (3 holidays in a row; Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas) the amount of attention we can give our dogs can start to wane. It’s understandable; we [...] It must have been a full moon last weekend! All the level 1 dogs who were usually well behaved seemed to have A.D.D. and the usual A.D.D. dogs were doing fabulous. Well, it may have something to do with the full moon, but I doubt it. Rather, some of the owners of dogs who started out very [...] Each week I try to give the students a word or phrase to repeat over and over all week long. For level 1 and Puppy classes the first word is “Prevention”. Think about it, if you prevent all bad things from happening, no bad habits get started, there is nothing to fix, you have the [...] Someone will be commanding their dog, “Sit… Sit! … SIT. Come on, Sit… I know you know this – SIT,” and then they will say “Oh, he knows this, he’s just being stubborn.” Chances are your dog does know “Sit,” but he is probably not being stubborn. You probably just haven’t done enough practice with Sit at even a moderate level of [...] Always make “come” a positive cue. You want your dog so conditioned to come that he is half way back to you before he even thinks about it. Start in the house then in the yard while close to your dog and under minimal distraction. Then move on to more and more distractions and distance from [...] To train your dog you need to show him that your are confident and relaxed no matter the environment you’re in or the task your [...] This article contains some helpful do’s and dont’s for how to housebreak a [...] Some dogs are natural retrievers, but if your dog isn’t and you would like to train a great retrieve for a competition or service dog, there are several ways of training this. I like to start by targeting an object. (See Clicker Lesson #3: Hand Touch). The following is a 6 week plan to start [...] |
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