Kids Learned How To Be A Dog Hero In My Programs

Leading up to National Bite Prevention Week, I had so much fun meeting awesome kids in my educational programs this month at the Petopolis Dog Show,and the Hyde Park and Madeira Branches of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County.

Some Of The Reasons I Don’t Like ‘NO’ In Pet Training

  Some of the reasons I don’t like using the word ‘NO’ in training:

For Teaching Your Dog Loose Leash Walking – The By-My-Side game

This game is a great foundation  for teaching your dog the value of being at your side, an important foundation for loose leash walking or heeling skills.

Lisa Desatnik, Upcoming Programs For Kids On Bite Prevention

Bite prevention and helping kids succeed as caregivers and friends to their pet is very important to me.

A Note On Using Positive Reinforcement In Dog Training

Important Information About Disaster Relief Dogs

Guest post by Dr. Risë VanFleet (please see her by-line below for information about her)

Crate Training A Bird With Positive Reinforcement

Because you never know when you are going to need to take your bird out in a carrier or crate, it’s a good idea to start training your parrot before the skill is needed. Here I am showing how I am teaching my bird, a maximillian pionus, that good things happen when she goes into […]

A Dog’s Message

Clicker Training Basics

What I love about clicker training is that it is all about empowering animals to make brilliant decisions (at least by our standards) by teaching them exactly what behavior will earn them a valued reinforcer. Initially the animal learns

Why you should never punish a dog’s growl

Because warnings are a GOOD thing, that’s why. If your dog is growling, it has already tried to communicate with other non-aggressive body language that it is not comfortable in that situation; but that communication failed