Living in the moment
Of all of the silly things I hear in regard to dog behavior the proclamation that 'dogs live in the moment' perhaps takes the cake. It is usually used to criticize owners for being understanding of their dog's past and that unlike humans, that past doesn't effect them. They are furry zen masters of 'be ...
Join me!
I'd like to invite you all to visit with me over at the Life With Dogs site where I will be blogging each Wednesday. I'll be writing about fear based behavior challenges in dogs (of course). I'll be creating a unique post for both Fearful Dogs Blog and Life With Dogs. You'll find a wonderful ...
Fear & bum knees
One of the difficult things for people to understand is that fear based behaviors are not often easy or possible to 'get over' for all dogs. The idea that a dog will adjust is not always an option. In order for a dog to adjust to a new life, new people, places, objects, situations, they ...
Treats for tricks
One of my responsibilities when I foster a dog is to give them as many skills as possible for making sense of people. This is helpful for any dog but crucial for a fearful dog. Along with teaching a dog basic life skills such as; waiting at open doors or gates, coming when called, getting ...
Ta da!
That's all folks! 24 posts in 24 hours. All to help raise money to help animals. Blogathon2011. Your donations to the NE Humane Society are tax deductible and will be matched in kind. Check out the posts from other bloggers, each working to help the people helping the animals they are moved by. Thanks for ...
Using rewards to manipulate behavior
There is still time to make a donation to help the people helping the animals. Your donation is tax deductible and will be matched, a twofer! As a follow-up to my last post here is a video showing how we use food to give dogs new skills and pattern new behaviors. Kelly was fearful of ...
Make love not war
Despite all the evidence indicating that aggressive, intimidating handling can lead to heightened aggressive responses in dogs, there are still people, dog trainers among them, who will insist that unless we use overwhelming punishment or coercion with an aggressive dog (who may be aggressive because they are scared, even if it doesn't look or feel ...
Essential training even if your dog is hopeless at it
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3bsssrskNWM?rel=0] There is still time to make a donation to help the people helping the animals. Your donation is tax deductible and will be matched, a twofer!
Nice to see you!
Nikolaas Tinbergen, an early ethologist said that 'ethology is the study of animal behavior and we must interview the animals in their own language', or something to that effect, sorry I couldn't come up with the actual quote. We have failed dogs miserably to this end. Dog behavior is horribly misunderstood. TV shows and movies ...
