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Posts Aggression/Aggressive The Concept Dog Trainers Need to Know Alternative treatments for fearful dogs Because Why? Clean-up On Aisle Dog Climb Aboard? Give them a break Growing Pains in Dog Training Just Say “I’ll Think About It” The Belly Button Rule Webinar-Medications To Treat Fear Based Behavior Challenges Aversive Training Don’t Shame The Kindness Out Of Them Don’t Use Shock Collars For Sound Phobias Behavior Modification Don’t Use Shock Collars For Sound Phobias Drive Is A Figure Of Speech It’s Not Just Behavior Modification Blogathon2011 Bedtime story Commercial break Dogs go crazy too Dogs I have loved Essential training even if your dog is hopeless at it Getting to first base Give them a break Incompatible behaviors Make love not war Make mine a double! Maybe I forgot! My pledge to my dogs Nice to see you! Pride & preferences Says who? Stress wreaks havoc Ta da! Targeting This post had nothing whatsoever to do with dogs Using rewards to manipulate behavior What have I gotten myself into? WTH? Dog training A Rose By Any Other Name? Adding Accountability Aggression in Fearful Dogs- No Surprise Here Alternate Route Available An Offer They Can’t Refuse Annie Finds Her Bliss Are Trainers Responsible For The Death Of Shelter Dogs? Are We Their Best Friends? Assume They Bite Attach Away! Bad’s already happened Be here now Be the Voice for the Vulnerable Because Why? Becoming Begging your pardon Better Than Average Between A Rock & A Hard Place Bite Me! Breed Specific Legislation & Alpha Dog Myths Caribbean Volunteer Vacation-Changing Our Lives Celebrating diversity in dogs Changing The Faces of Dog Training Choosing To Use Medications For Fearful Dogs Clean-up On Aisle Dog Climb Aboard? Competing Motivators Conditioned Reinforcers Creating Harmony Creating well behaved monsters Dancing is NOT allowed Did You Check the Oil? Do Something Do You Have Any Business Punishing a Dog? Does My Dog Need Prozac?* Dog Displaying Fear or Aggression? Don’t Make Them Repeat Themselves Dog Owners Should Stand Up For Their Rights Dog Trainers Are Behavioral Mechanics Dog Trainers Do Agree Dog Trainers, Thanksgiving and Tomatoes Doing What Comes Naturally Don’t Become A Victim Don’t teach them to run before they can walk Don’t Use Shock Collars For Sound Phobias Drive Is A Figure Of Speech Ducks Don’t Need Quacks Either Failure Must Always Be An Option Fake Dog News Fearful Dog Fails Feeling is Believing Fixing What Ails You Folk Healers Food Is Not A Problem Force-Free Trainers! Just Keep Talking! Forget About Stress & Anxiety Fostering Success Fostering Success: Do No Harm Freedom To Try Get Back Here You Brat Getting It Our Way Getting To Yes With Your Dog Going To The Dogs Good Enough Maybe Isn’t Good Enough? Got Change? Grab Em By the Dopamine Not the Neck Grasping the basics Grow Up Growing Pains in Dog Training High Risk Activities History Matters Hoarder update How Bad Is It? I Confess I Could Be A Surgeon I’ve Got Your Mouth or Worrying About Why In Defense of Education In The Zone Is Food Really the Problem? Is there life away from home when you live with a fearful dog? Is Your Dog Trainer A Professional? It’s A Shame It’s My Party, No Need To Bring Your Own Kool-Aid It’s Not Just Behavior Modification It’s So Not About The Food Just Do It! Just Say “I’ll Think About It” Losing Your Audience Minimum daily requirements Missing Ingredients My I Have Your Attention Please Nibbles Makes A Friend Nibbles-the journey continues No sleight of hand Of Wolves and Women Old News Ooops. My Bad. Over Equipped Packing Up Their Toys People Can Be Amazing! Placebo effects Plenty in Life Should Be Awesome Poor puppy Project Home Life Put A Muzzle On It Random Acts of Cruelty Reality Bites Relationship Capital Rites & Rituals Save Your Breath Say Thank You Sew Buttons On Your Underwear. Shoring up the Foundation Shortcuts to Enlightenment Should This Dog Be Up For Adoption? Skip the dress rehearsal Small, White Dogs Snooper Sleuth Staying At The Party Stockholm Syndrome? Stop The Barking AND Lower Your Blood Pressure Suffering the Consequences Summertime Sunny & Seaglass Sunny & The Kid Support Systems Surviving Adoption Surviving in the Wilderness Take It When You Can Get It Take Me To Your Provider Of Consequences Tell Me A Story The “Somebody Told Me” Effect The 3 Steps To Helping Fearful Dogs The 7 Habits of Successful Fearful Dogs The Beautiful Flow of Experimentation The Behavior Sandwich The Belly Button Rule The Changing Role & Responsibility of Rescues & Shelters The Competitive Edge The Concept Dog Trainers Need to Know The Failing Industry of Dog Training: I'm Sorry Willie The One Dimensional Dog The Real Reason You Should Never Hit Your Dog The Recipe for Red Zone Dogs The Sound Of Startling The Tragedy of Dog Training The Way We Were There Are No Secrets To Dog Training Things Professional Trainers Never Say Think Like A Human Think You’ve Tried Everything To Train Your Dog? Doubt it. Time To Raise The Bar Tipping the Scales Too Sensitive? Train em, Don’t restrain em Train The Dog! Training Fearful Dogs Training Fearful Dogs: Why You Shouldn't Make Them Do It Training Treat Transforming dogs Trust Counts Use Protection Want Some Candy Little Girl? Wasting a Good System We may love them, but we sure don’t respect them Webinar-Medications To Treat Fear Based Behavior Challenges What It Takes What’s your standard? When in doubt, leave them home Who’s Going To Land This Plane? Why Are Dog Trainers So Averse To Training? Why Wait? Words that make me go hmmmmm…. Work Toward Play Would you get on that bus? You Have Options You’ve Got The Ball: Dogs in the 21st Century Fostering Dogs Aggression in Fearful Dogs- No Surprise Here An Offer They Can’t Refuse Better Than Average Between A Rock & A Hard Place Caribbean Volunteer Vacation-Changing Our Lives Changing The Faces of Dog Training Clean-up On Aisle Dog Climb Aboard? Did You Check the Oil? Do Something Does My Dog Need Prozac?* Dog Displaying Fear or Aggression? Don’t Make Them Repeat Themselves Doing What Comes Naturally Folk Healers Food Is Not A Problem Fostering Success Fostering Success: Do No Harm Getting It Our Way Getting To Yes With Your Dog Good Enough Maybe Isn’t Got Change? Grow Up High Risk Activities History Matters How Bad Is It? In Defense of Education Is Your Dog Trainer A Professional? Just Do It! Just Say “I’ll Think About It” Losing Your Audience Say Thank You Should This Dog Be Up For Adoption? Staying At The Party Suffering the Consequences Surviving in the Wilderness The “Somebody Told Me” Effect The 3 Steps To Helping Fearful Dogs The Bad News About Fearful Dogs The Real Reason You Should Never Hit Your Dog Time To Raise The Bar Train The Dog! Training Fearful Dogs: Why You Shouldn't Make Them Do It Trust Counts Use Protection Who’s Going To Land This Plane? Why Are Dog Trainers So Averse To Training? You Have Options You’ve Got The Ball: Dogs in the 21st Century Guest bloggers talk about fearful dogs Fearful dog update-guest blogger Finding our way with our dog by heart Five Golden Rules for Working with Fearful Dogs by Nicole Wilde Games One Shy Dog Owner Plays Guest Blogger Ali Brown Author of Scaredy Dog! Guest Blogger Roxanne Hawn Guest Blogger Veronica Zimmerman Guest Blogger: Eric Goebelbecker Helping fearful dogs A Rose By Any Other Name? A Sigh of Relief Actually, it IS all that bad! Adding Accountability Affirmations for a fearful dog Alpha schmalpha Alternate Route Available An Offer They Can’t Refuse Annie Finds Her Bliss Annie’s Tale Another shy chihuahua Are Trainers Responsible For The Death Of Shelter Dogs? Are We Their Best Friends? Articles on Examiner.com Assume They Bite Attach Away! Attitudes About Training Bad Advice Bad’s already happened Be a better trainer, not a stronger leader Be here now Be the change! Be the Voice for the Vulnerable Be wary of this critical m.a.s.s. Because Why? Becoming Begging your pardon Behavioral First Aid Better Than Average Between A Rock & A Hard Place Beware the message Bite Me! Blazing the trail Blogger book recommendation Blow up sex doll anyone? Bond! Breed Specific Legislation & Alpha Dog Myths Build it, don’t break it Calm attentiveness Can I touch you there? Can you relate? Candy aisle etiquette for dogs Caribbean Volunteer Vacation-Changing Our Lives Catch the feeling Cause I said so! Celebrating diversity in dogs Change of Heart Change The Picture Changing our brains to help change our dogs’ Changing The Faces of Dog Training Choose Your Words Carefully Choosing To Use Medications For Fearful Dogs Clean-up On Aisle Dog Climb Aboard? Coddling controversy Commercial break Competing Motivators Conditioned Emotional Response Conditioned Reinforcers Crates: A good thing gone bad Creating A Climate For Change Creating Harmony Creating The Foundation Creating well behaved monsters Crimes of passion Critical incident stress information Cue Happy Please! Cute? Dancing is NOT allowed Deal with the dread Desperately seeking distance Diagnosing The Problem Did You Check the Oil? Do Something Do You Have Any Business Punishing a Dog? Does My Dog Need Prozac?* Does this feel good? Dog afraid of new object Dog Displaying Fear or Aggression? Don’t Make Them Repeat Themselves Dog Owners Should Stand Up For Their Rights Dog Trainers Are Behavioral Mechanics Dog Trainers Do Agree Dog Trainers, Thanksgiving and Tomatoes Dog training in the real world Doing What Comes Naturally Don’t Become A Victim Don’t keep em guessing Don’t make me beg (don’t make me bite) Don’t take my lead on this one! Don’t teach them to run before they can walk Drop these D’s Ducks Don’t Need Quacks Either Due diligence Edges & Flexibility Elementary my dear Watson Encouraging naughty Energy Wise Energy Wise : The Sequel Essential training for all dogs Even if barking Evolution anyone? Failure Must Always Be An Option Fake Dog News Fast food thinking about dogs Fear & anger are shocking enough! Fear & bum knees Fearful Dog Fails Fearful dog update-guest blogger Fearful dogs & trauma & abuse Feeling is Believing Feminism & the art of dog training Finding The Right Foot To Get Started On Fixing What Ails You Folk Healers Food Is Not A Problem Force-Free Trainers! Just Keep Talking! Forget About Stress & Anxiety Forget The Force Fostering Success Fostering Success: Do No Harm Freedom To Try Funny dog pictures, unless you’re the dog Games new dogs can play Get a home little doggies Get Back Here You Brat Getting It Our Way Getting to first base Getting to touch Getting To Yes With Your Dog Give them a break Give them a life Give them something to feel good about Go Ahead Comfort That Scared Dog! Going To The Dogs Good Enough Maybe Isn’t Good Enough? Got Change? Grab Em By the Dopamine Not the Neck Grasping the basics Grow Up Growing Pains in Dog Training Hanging on to a sinking ship Help your dog make good choices Helping fearful dogs workshop Helping Owners Understand R+ Training High Risk Activities History Matters Hoarder update How Bad Is It? How dare you! How enriching How Realistic Are Your Goals For Your Scared Dog How To Be A Friend To A Fearful Dog How to get ‘less adoptable’ dogs adopted How To Help A Fearful Dog? Stop Scaring Them! How ya feeling? Huh? Huh? I Can Do That! I Confess I Could Be A Surgeon I want to hold your paw I’ve Got Your Back! I’ve Got Your Mouth or Worrying About Why If not the ‘dog friendly’ trainers, then who? In A Court Of Law In Defense of Education In The Zone Is Food Really the Problem? Is getting another dog helpful for a fearful dog? Is there life away from home when you live with a fearful dog? Is Your Dog Trainer A Professional? It Ain’t All Bad It Depends On The Dog It Doesn’t Have To Be Tough Love It Doesn’t Matter If It’s Not Scary To You It is so not about being tired It’s A Dance It’s A Shame It’s In Their Head! It’s My Party, No Need To Bring Your Own Kool-Aid It’s Not Always As It Seems It’s not just about being nice to your dog It’s Not Just The Dog That Feels Better It’s not just the walk It’s So Not About The Food It’s what I usually do It's Time! Join me! Junk food isn’t cheaper & punishment isn’t faster Just Do It! Just what is it we expect? Keeping Holidays Happy For Your Dog Keeping Perspective Keeping track of dogs Kiss it and make it better Knowledge is power and education is key Learning to like looming Living in the moment Losing ground with fearful dogs Losing Your Audience Make love not war Management & Skills May I have this dance? Maybe I forgot! Maybe it isn’t a surprise Minimum daily requirements Missing Ingredients More management thoughts More on Nibbles More resources for fearful dog owners My I Have Your Attention Please My last post on Cesar Millan My Theory of Cooperation Nabbing Nibbles Nana’s purse Neutralize it! Nibbles Nibbles Nibbles Makes A Friend Nibbles update Nibbles-the journey continues Nice to see you! No sleight of hand No, I am NOT OK No, YOU get over it! Nothing wrong with a duck Novel ideas Now That Feels Good! OCD behavior in dogs Of Wolves and Women Off-topic on Adoption OK so I lied Old News Only a mutt Ooops. My Bad. Opening Doors For Sunny Organized chaos Origami & the art of folding behavior Our suffering may be the same Over Equipped Oxygen as a training tool P.E.T. Therapy: A Protocol For Fearful Dogs* Packing Up Their Toys Pageantry Palatability Pay Attention! People Can Be Amazing! Picture them naked Placebo effects Play hard, play fair, nobody hurt Play It Again! Plenty in Life Should Be Awesome Poco a poco Poco a poco! Poor puppy Practice Makes….More Likely! Practicing predictability Pride & preferences Pro-choice! Progress happens, for many reasons Project Home Life Punishment & Stress Punishment: It’s in the amygdala of the beholder Put A Muzzle On It Put distance seeking behavior on cue Putting the pieces together R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Raising the criteria for sacred cows Random Acts of Cruelty Read before operating Ready, set, rescue! Reality Bites Relationship Capital Rewarding reactivity Risk of mishandling a fearful dog Rites & Rituals Rock Their World! Save Your Breath Saving island dogs Say Thank You Selling Dr. Doolittle Sew Buttons On Your Underwear. Sh*t happens Shaping happy Shoring up the Foundation Shortcuts to Enlightenment Should This Dog Be Up For Adoption? Shuddup already! Shy dog seminar Shy Genes? Skip the dress rehearsal Small, White Dogs Snooper Sleuth Socialization? Not! Some of the chains that bind don’t hurt Something else is sometimes nothing Sometimes the choice should be theirs Sorry about that! Sorry you’ve been disconnected Staying At The Party Steps Toward Success Stillness-The Choreography of Training Fearful Dogs Stockholm Syndrome? Stop The Barking AND Lower Your Blood Pressure Stop your dog’s problem behaviors instantly! Stress wreaks havoc Suffering the Consequences Summertime Sunny & Seaglass Sunny & The Kid Sunny solves a problem! Sunny’s Hoarder Arrested in Vermont! Sunny’s story Support Systems Surviving Adoption Surviving in the Wilderness Ta da! Take It When You Can Get It Take Me To Your Provider Of Consequences Taking It Slow Targeting Teaching A Dog To Play Tell Me A Story Thanksgiving Thought That’s irrelevant! Or is it? The “Somebody Told Me” Effect The 10 mile dog The 3 Steps To Helping Fearful Dogs The 7 Habits of Successful Fearful Dogs The Bad News About Fearful Dogs The Basics The Beautiful Flow of Experimentation The Behavior Sandwich The Belly Button Rule The Changing Role & Responsibility of Rescues & Shelters The Competitive Edge The Concept Dog Trainers Need to Know The Curiosity Factor The deep end The economy of incentives and the surprising science of motivation The Face That Launched A Website The Failing Industry of Dog Training: I'm Sorry Willie The Foundation Skills The game every owner should play with their dog The gift is in the giving The Gift of the Growl The Good Samaritan Law The Lesser Evil The More You Know The Better You Get The One Dimensional Dog The path of the heart The price of a fearful dog The problem with packs The Real Reason You Should Never Hit Your Dog The Recipe for Red Zone Dogs The responsibility of rescue The Tragedy of Dog Training The veneer of fear The Way We Were Their brains make them do it There Are No Secrets To Dog Training There is a sunny side! They are other nations They Are What They Eat Think Like A Human Think You’ve Tried Everything To Train Your Dog? Doubt it. Thinking is Good! Time To Raise The Bar Tipping the Scales Too Sensitive? Tossing dogs into the deep end Train em, Don’t restrain em Train The Dog! Training Fearful Dogs Training Fearful Dogs: Why You Shouldn't Make Them Do It Training Samantha Training to flee Training Treat Transforming dogs Tread lightly Treats for tricks Tribal moments Trust Counts Turns out our stars are not crossed! Two concepts Upcoming Shy Dog Talks Use Protection Using rewards to manipulate behavior Walk this way Want Some Candy Little Girl? Wasting a Good System Way More Fun Than Photos We may love them, but we sure don’t respect them We’re not out of the dark yet Webinar-Medications To Treat Fear Based Behavior Challenges What are their options? What Are We Winning Anyway? What are your options? What ever happened to a spoonful of sugar? What Every Pet Owner Needs To Know About Dog Trainers What have I gotten myself into? What is it about dogs? What is learned helplessness? What It Takes What’s your standard? What’s Your Theory? When in doubt, bail out! When in doubt, leave them home When in doubt, smile! Who am I to think? Who’s Going To Land This Plane? Who’s it working for? Why Are Dog Trainers So Averse To Training? Why dominance won’t die Why Wait? Won’t or Can’t? Words that make me go hmmmmm…. Work Toward Play Would you get on that bus? Write a post feed a dog You can’t always get what you want but… You Have Options You talking to me? You’re so predictable You’ve Got The Ball: Dogs in the 21st Century Your dog wants your opinion Yuck! Do I have to?? Hurrican Irene It takes a village, and a tractor doesn’t hurt either Interviews & podcasts with author ‘My Doggie Says’ Radio Show Broadcast Living With A Fearful Dog The Fearful Dog Who Changed My Life Medications Behavioral Medications To Help Fearful Dogs Medications for fearful dogs Alternatives to Alpha Because Why? Behavioral Medications For Fearful Dogs Better Than Average Choosing To Use Medications For Fearful Dogs Does My Dog Need Prozac?* Fearful Dogs’ Blog-A Retrospective Fire in the belly Forcing the issue Get Over It Already! Giving My Dog A Life Guest Blogger-Maizey’s promise Just Say “I’ll Think About It” Medications for Fearful Dogs Medications for Fearful Dogs Neophobia OCD behavior in dogs Pill Popping Placebo effects So You Want To Be a Dog Trainer Solve the problem, change the behavior Staying At The Party Stress wreaks havoc The 3 Steps To Helping Fearful Dogs Things Professional Trainers Never Say Thoughts on Medications Webinar-Medications To Treat Fear Based Behavior Challenges Work with the dog you have Nibbles Another shy chihuahua Getting to touch Learning to like looming More on Nibbles Nabbing Nibbles Nibbles Nibbles Nibbles update Nibbles-the journey continues Treats for tricks Problem Behavior Don’t Shame The Kindness Out Of Them Forget About Stress & Anxiety The Rat Is Always Right Puppy mills Are We Their Best Friends? Better Than Average Doing What Comes Naturally Fearful dogs & trauma & abuse OCD behavior in dogs Surviving Adoption Shelters and Rescues The Changing Role & Responsibility of Rescues & Shelters Training Annoyed By Adolescence? Applied Behavior Analysis Do Animals Have Feelings? Do Better Do You Need To Be A Pack Leader? Don’t Shame The Kindness Out Of Them Fear Periods Good Trainers Are Visionaries Helping Dog Owners Learn To Train How To Get Started Training Maybe We Shouldn’t Always Play Nice Medications To Treat Fear, Anxiety & Reactivity Medications, Training & A Reality Check Protect The Puppies Put That Finger Away Reality Check About Dog Training Stillness-The Choreography of Training Fearful Dogs Stop Scaring The Dog The Concept Dog Trainers Need to Know The Make It Better Training Method The Rat Is Always Right TRAIN NAKED: Without choke, prong or electronic collars Training & Educational Opportunities 2023 Training Abused, Neglected & Traumatized Dogs What You Don’t Know About Dog Training When Behavior Is A Problem When We Know Better We Do Better Why Are Trainers Teaching Risky Behaviors? Yes Your Dog Probably Does Need Obedience Training

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Aggression/Aggressive

Alternative treatments for fearful dogs

Aversive Training

Behavior Modification

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Dog training

Fostering Dogs

Guest bloggers talk about fearful dogs

Helping fearful dogs

Hurrican Irene

Interviews & podcasts with author

Living With A Fearful Dog

Medications

Medications for fearful dogs

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Problem Behavior

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A Guide to Living With & Training a Fearful Dog

These words changed the world of dog training for me.
Find out how these three simple words can change everything for you too.