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Housebreaking Your Dog—Don’t Just Put Him Out In Your Yard

July 17, 2009

If you have a dog who is not housebroken, a yard can be a wonderful resource, or it can be a real setback. In order for a dog to figure out it should go outside instead of inside, he must have the chance to choose not to go until he’s outside. If your dog stays [...]

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Your Dog’s Training Balance

July 16, 2009

Training Balance is a way of describing how well trained your dog is in terms of the factors that influence that training. This balance comes about because of all the things vying for your attention, you choose to do a particular thing, and thus not to do another. This balance may be working well for you, or maybe not….Here are some aspects of your life with your dog for you to consider.

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Three Reasons Dog Owners Have Trouble With Positive Training

July 16, 2009

The basic concept of positive training–behavior that receives attention, either positive or negative, will be reinforced and behavior that is ignored will diminish–is simple. But in spite of simplicity, dog owners often find that results fall short of their expectations for three simple reasons. …

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Is Your Dog Afraid to Potty?

July 16, 2009

Is your dog afraid to potty in front of you? If you have just adopted a puppy, who has no previous experience with being punished for pottying in the house, then house training will probably be pretty easy! If you have adopted an older dog from a shelter, things may not be that easy. Here are the signs of potty fear to watch for and what to do about them.

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Three Reasons Dog Owners Have Trouble With Positive Training

December 16, 2008

The basic concept of positive training–behavior that receives attention, either positive or negative, will be reinforced and behavior that is ignored will diminish–is simple (and when applied correctly incredibly effective!) But in spite of simplicity, dog owners often find that results fall short of their expectations. Here are three simple reasons.

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A Lesson For Dog Trainers From A Horse Whisperer

December 10, 2008

A lesson for dog trainers from Monty Roberts, the horse whisperer!

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Give Your Dog A Command and Count To Three

December 10, 2008

When a mom says, “I’m going to count to 3″, she gets nearly 100% response from the previously reluctant child. Counting to 3 works with dogs too. Find out why…

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Do Dog Trainers Use Punishment Because It’s Familiar?

November 25, 2008

Since World War II punishment has been the primary dog training technique. But just blindly following what has been done before isn’t the only reason that punishment has found it’s place in dog training. The fact is that training by punishment is familiar to most humans because we are raised using the Compulsion Method.

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Lessons In Dog Training From A Killer Whale

November 25, 2008

Successful whale training techniques sheds some light on dog training.

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Does Your Dog “Blow You Off”?

November 25, 2008

A dog is easily trained to “blow you off” especially when he’s outside. In fact, it’s so easy that most owners accomplish it without even thinking about it. Here’s how to get and keep your dog’s attention.

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