Three Steps To Solving Pet Behavior Problems

When it comes to having success solving a pet behavior problem, ignoring it alone isn’t enough. To modify behavior in the most positive, least intrusive way, use a three-pronged

Pet Safety Tips For Halloween

We’re coming up on one of my favorite holidays. That’d be the night all of the little ghosts and goblins and football players and television characters show up at our door in search of good treats. But when those creatures show up at my parents’ house, on the other side of the door is 40 […]

Do You Have A Trainer In Your House?

My Thoughts On Training Aggressive Dogs

I was reading some advice offered online about how to train ‘aggressive’ dogs.  Among other things, the advice said: “If they (dogs) do not look at the owner as the pack leader, they will take it upon themselves to become the pack leader. This is why many dogs will accept commands from the man in […]

Debunking A Myth About Pet Parrots

In Animal Training, Practice Builds Confidence

How Give More Value To A Behavior

Motivating operations are conditions occurring before the behavior that make the reinforcement more or less

Why Labeling Your Pet Does Not Solve Problems

(This is one of my past Hyde Park Living columns) My whole fascination for the study of behavior science was founded over 12 years ago on an international list started by Dr. Susan Friedman (a psychology professor at Utah State University who has pioneered the use of Applied Behavior Analysis with companion animals). Having that […]

A Dog Training Tip From Sam

Lisa Desatnik Offers Free Bite Prevention Programs For Kids

Each year millions of visits to emergency rooms are due to dog bites, and often times children are the most likely to get bitten…frequently by their own or a neighbor’s dog. But bites do not happen out of the blue and they can be prevented.