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Clicker Training 101: What, How, Why?
What the heck is clicker training? Clicker training is a way of training an animal (for our purposes, a dog) using a marker – in …
How to Survive Puppyhood (Without Losing Your Mind)
Because the thing is, it gets better. And the joy dogs bring to my life – even the dogs who cause me those moments of intense frustration – outweighs the frustration tenfold. So here it is, a follow up to that original post: how to survive puppyhood (without losing your mind).
Billy’s Story: aggressive dogs, rescue work, and behavioural euthanasia
Slowly, over that first week, I would sit on the ground in his pen, and I would scatter feed his kibble in the grass. I still couldn’t get a collar on him, but something wonderful happened – he started to be curious about me, he started sniffing me, and – through the magic that is the retreat and treat game – he started taking treats near me and eventually from me.
Dog Parks – Yay or Nay?
A couple of things in my life have me thinking about dog parks a lot lately. One is that I’m dog walking again, and some …
My First ClickerExpo; Portland, 2017
Hold on to your hats, folks, because I just got back from my very first ClickerExpo in Portland, Oregon, and it was amazing. In brief, here was …