Blogathon2011

Ta da!

By |2011-11-13T14:00:15-05:00November 13th, 2011|Categories: Blogathon2011, Helping fearful dogs|

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 stopping by and for your support. No one of us ...

Using rewards to manipulate behavior

By |2011-11-13T13:00:42-05:00November 13th, 2011|Categories: Blogathon2011, Helping fearful dogs|

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 people and by using food to get him to move ...

Make love not war

By |2011-11-13T12:00:54-05:00November 13th, 2011|Categories: Blogathon2011, Helping fearful dogs|

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 like it to us), we are doing the dogs of ...

Nice to see you!

By |2011-11-13T10:00:49-05:00November 13th, 2011|Categories: Blogathon2011, Helping fearful dogs|

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 anthropomorphise dog behavior while celebrity trainers make up their own ...

This post had nothing whatsoever to do with dogs

By |2011-11-13T09:00:42-05:00November 13th, 2011|Categories: Blogathon2011|

Fun on the Colorado River. I spent 15 days paddling the Colorado River with a group of women over 40. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WilnydeFBb0?rel=0] You can still make a donation to help animals at the Nebraska Humane Society. I have been part of Blogathon2011. 24 hours of blogging every hour.

Says who?

By |2011-11-13T07:00:17-05:00November 13th, 2011|Categories: Blogathon2011|

One of the statements I often hear in regard to training both fearful and non-fearful dogs is that someone used a particular technique with their dog and it 'worked'. I have to assume that what they mean is that they were able to change their dog's behavior to meet their needs. 'Their' being the owner's. This is important of course, dogs won't last long in ...

Commercial break

By |2011-11-13T06:00:07-05:00November 13th, 2011|Categories: Blogathon2011, Helping fearful dogs|

This blog is part of Blogathon2011. 24 hours of hourly blogging to help raise money for animal related causes. You can help by making a donation to the Nebraska Humane Society. All donation are tax deductible and will be matched in kind. So your money doubles itself. It's the best investment around. Click here to make your contribution. No amount too small! Stay tuned! I'll ...

Make mine a double!

By |2011-11-13T05:00:03-05:00November 13th, 2011|Categories: Blogathon2011|

I'm participating in Blog-a-thon 2011 to help raise money for homeless animals at the Nebraska Humane Society It’s getting late. I’m fading. How about a double medium latte! If you donate the $3.50 to buy me a virtual high caffeine drink I may be able to push through to morning. Anyone? Click here to buy me that latte!

WTH?

By |2011-11-13T04:00:45-05:00November 13th, 2011|Categories: Blogathon2011|

Ok, so it's getting late and as I was flipping through my catalog of clip art I came upon this image. Never in my life could I imagine ever needing to use it, and that made me want to come up with an excuse to include a black & white drawing of a man with superman hair spraying on deodorant, in a blog post. There ...

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