Posts tagged: Training

Does Your Dog Have Class

Canine Life and Social Skills is starting to take off. It’s a new three part program from the APDT, which far exceeds most I’ve ever seen. It has obedience, manners, and real life training such as waiting to get out of your car. The objectives are to promote positive training methodology, strengthen the dog & owner relationship, encourage ongoing training, value real life skills, educate about dog behavior, and to promote the value of dog trainers & dog training.

Friday August 12th, 2011 in , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

I Told You To Don’t

Just say, “NO” to being anti-yes! Don’t tell your dog to “don’t.” Tell him what you want!… if I said, “Don’t think of pink elephants. Matter of fact, don’t think of a baby pink elephant riding a tricycle down your street right now.” And voilà! You’re probably not thinking about how the stock market is doing.

Friday April 22nd, 2011 in , , , , | 3 Comments »

Reinforcement Understood Part 1

What is reinforcement? Too many people don’t truly understand what it is nor how to use it properly. Is it “a thing?” Technically reinforcement is a process. It means: behavior increased. That’s it. So something that is reinforced means it increased behavior. We generally like to say “reinforcer” as the

Friday January 7th, 2011 in , , , , , , | 6 Comments »

Dogs Do Mondays

Happy Monday! Ever notice how dogs work odd hours? They sit at 10pm, or fetch the paper at 6am. And when you have a dog who works for rewards (any kind: food, petting, a favorite toy, etc) they don’t mind working for us randomly at any hour of the day. Now, can you imagine your [...]

Monday December 13th, 2010 in , , | 1 Comment »

Extinction vs Duration

Lately I’ve seen a lot of cases where a client was trying to extinguish a behavior but instead created a wicked duration with intensity. For some reason I always think of a small child tugging on his mom’s shirt saying, “Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom! Mom! Mom! Mom!” until the mom turns around and says, “WHAT?!?!!” Which has now taught the kid this works.

Monday September 6th, 2010 in , , , , | 6 Comments »

The Magic Wand Dog Training Center

I just got this from a trainer friend of mine Pen Brown (a great trainer in the DC area). I’m not sure who created it originally, but I’d love to give them credit and shake their hand! Hello: This is the Magic Wand Dog Training Center, we are unable to come to the phone but [...]

Wednesday September 1st, 2010 in , , , | 7 Comments »

Please Me, To Please You, If You Please

Dogs are just like most other animals, including us. So it always makes me smile when I hear the, “I want my dog to want to please me” statement. If you want me to give it to you straight, here it is:

Monday June 14th, 2010 in , , , | No Comments »

Socialization Scavenger Hunt

Socialization Scavenger Hunt – Here is a list of things to socialize your puppy around. Remember, socialization is expo­sure with pleas­ant con­se­quences to teach accep­tance of new experiences.

Thursday April 15th, 2010 in , , , , , | 1 Comment »

The Recall

The dos and don’ts of teaching and training a recall so your dog will want to come when called.

Tuesday March 30th, 2010 in , , , , | 23 Comments »

Potty Training Basics

Potty training a dog – the basics.

Friday March 26th, 2010 in , , , , , | 10 Comments »
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