CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! DOG TRAINING 101 BettyB ✔️ working girl AND working dog ✔️ CHALLENGE ACCEPTED! One of the most valuable lessons I learned over 26 years ago was to use the working environment as part of teaching a dog's foundation behaviors. The environment wasn't random—it was a training tool. Where we worked depended on the …
Category: Dogs
Teaching Dogs
“Every moment offers the potential for constructive learning and adaptation or the reverse, especially in the case of an impressionable puppy,” Steven R. Lindsay. Handbook of Applied Dog Behavior and Training, Volume 1, 2001 Boudicca gone never forgotten BettyB my partner, my dog
Dear Breeders: Stop. Just stop.
WOW, just wow. I rarely "press this" to my business blog, but this deserves that kind of attention! Maybe you’re a great breeder, or even a great dog trainer. Maybe your dogs are the image of perfection mentally and physically. None of that matters, however, if you’re breeding puppies and sending them to people …
The Cruel Cost of Extreme Dog Breeding
The Cruel Cost of Extreme Dog Breeding Posted By Michele C. Hollow On April 7, 2014 [1] Take a look at an old photo of the iconic German Shepherd, Rin Tin Tin, who died in 1932. Now look at a photo of another of the breed, a German shepherd show dog of today. Notice the difference? The …
More on the dreaded “No Reward Marker”
Here's the video that sparked this post! Dogs at play and my commentary! Darwin, Cooper and Boudicca Sept 2013 This is great! If you don't watch anything but the last 1 minute or less, the opportunity is presented and it's set up during the video with my added commentary and my well-timed use of a …