CHALLENGE ACCEPTED

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 …

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Choose Wisely When Considering Shock, Prong or Choke Collars

Dog Owner Responsibilities by William E Campbell
I think many professional dog trainers will appreciate what William Campbell said about using "shock collars" in 1999.  I too have referred to these individuals as "predators" taking advantage of dog owners, who either lack understanding what their dog/s are communicating or as Campbell suggests prioritizes needs of the individual, not the pet.

Six Minutes of Dog Training Wizardry!!

This could not have been planned! But it turned out AWESOME! If only dog training was as easy as being a wizard and waving a magic wand! Nope, that's not really very realistic, we and our dogs have to live in reality and reality is, it takes a lot longer than a few weeks or months to raise happy well-adjusted and trained dogs. Come down off your cloud and get real, get the right help so that you too can have a dog like this. And without using punishments that leave marks visually and mentally on your dog/s.