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 [...]
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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 [...] Sara’s Problem: Tucker a 1 year old Basset Hound won’t come into the house when called. Sara has to tell him she has a treat to get him. She would have to say, ” Come Tucker, I have a treat,” and Tucker would come running in. Sara is concerned about having to bribe Tucker with [...] Pick up a few tips on what you can use to motivate your dog and keep his attention when you are [...] Dominance and coercion versus rewards in dog training (from LiveScience.com): “…many dog trainers and behavior experts criticize [the 'Dog Whisperer'], advocating a gentler approach to training that replaces coercion and physical behavior corrections with food rewards and other forms of positive reinforcement. They point to new studies that have placed the two popular dog-training [...] |
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