When you and others think about dog training, typically what comes to mind is teaching your teaching your dog to sit, lay down, come when called, stay in position, walk on a loose leash and other active behaviors. Yet teaching your dog to settle is a valuable lesson. [Read more…] about Teaching Your Dog To Settle Is A Valuable Lesson
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Problems With Luring In Dog Training
I see it happen all of the time. When I ask people to show me how they ask their dog to sit, they they pull out a treat, hold it in front of their dog’s face and tell their dog to sit. AND their dog sits. This is called luring, one strategy used in dog training to teach behaviors. While luring can be helpful in teaching new behaviors, there are problems with using lures too much that I’ll talk about more in this post. [Read more…] about Problems With Luring In Dog Training
For Success In New Places, You May Need Some Adjustments
A Lesson On Dog Training For Kids
The other day my client’s granddaughter was with us during our training, and, as I enjoy doing, I included her in our lesson – sometimes as the distraction (since she is a distraction to their dog in real life, after all) and sometimes learning how to use positive reinforcement to teach Sassy how to do behaviors. [Read more…] about A Lesson On Dog Training For Kids
From Barking And Pawing To Laying Down
The other day I had a first appointment with this adorable little girl and her human mom, and Sadie expended a lot of energy during that first half of our appointment moving back and forth between jumping on the sofa cushions next to me and bringing a toy to and pushing it at her mom, barking at us through much of her activity.
If you have ever been on the receiving end of that kind of persistent behavior from a dog, you know, it is not always the easiest of tasks to simply ignore it in hopes that the dog will stop what it is doing and find something else to do instead. [Read more…] about From Barking And Pawing To Laying Down
Teach Your Dog That Calm Behaviors Get Great Things
It happens fairly frequently when I visit the homes of clients. I am greeted by very enthusiastic dogs who jump and jump and paw me to let me know I am welcome. [Read more…] about Teach Your Dog That Calm Behaviors Get Great Things