Aversive Training Can Cause Fallout

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 Aversive Training Can Cause Fallout  We all want our dogs to listen to our cues and behave accordingly, and there are many different ways to condition your dog’s behavior to your liking. For years people have used negative reinforcement as a primary training method. Also known as, aversive training, this is when punishment is used to eliminate undesired behaviors from the dog. While it is effective in ways and will seem to work quickly at […]

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Antecedent Arrangements & Your Dog

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Antecedent Arrangements The idea behind antecedent arrangements can make unwanted behaviors more difficult or even impossible for your dog while making wanted behaviors easier.  There are a few different steps you can take to alter your dogs’ behavior to better fit what you expect in a canine companion. You can train alternative behaviors that your dog can perform instead of any unwanted behaviors, change the environment to prevent unwanted behavior and motivate them for reliable

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 Displacement Behavior in Dogs

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 Displacement Behavior in Dogs    Displacement Behaviors: Often times our dogs will display a seemingly ordinary behavior but at a possibly unusual time. We call these behaviors displacement behaviors. Essentially, the dog wants to do something but he is holding back. He will displace the behavior that he is holding back on and instead display another behavior. Ordinarily, there is a sense or anxiety and/or the dog is in a situation of uncertainty. The displacement

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Understanding Change In Dog Behavior

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  Understanding Change In Dog Behavior   Dogs do what works. Change in dog behavior is simply your dog responding to his environment at that moment. What he does one day will not necessarily be what he does another day.   Let me start off by addressing the ideas behind pack theory. Much of the information on understanding dog behavior originally stemmed from wolf behavior. Wild wolves rely on a complicated social structure which came

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Correcting Bad Dog Behavior

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Correcting Bad Dog Behavior When you search the internet for ways to correct bad dog behavior you can find 150 ways NOT to do it. …but your dog is pulling your arm off, and you are frustrated! I have more years of training horses under my belt than dogs. During all those years I was always told not to pull on my horses mouth. Instructors would stand in the center of the arena and yell

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Intro into deferential Reinforcement

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Do I punish Behavior? or Reinforce Behavior? Correcting Bad Dog Behavior When you search the internet for ways to correct bad dog behavior you can find 150 ways NOT to do it…but your dog is pulling your arm off, and you are frustrated! MORE… Understanding Change In Dog Behavior When you search the internet for ways to correct bad dog behavior you can find 150 ways NOT to do it…but your dog is pulling your

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The Hype About Being The Alpha Dog

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 The Hype About Being The Alpha Dog  By now you are familiar with the term alpha dog. Hollywood even made a movie around that phrase. But what does being the alpha dog mean? Good Question! First, a short lesson in science about a hypothesis. A hypothesis is the question scientists ask which leads them to do research. For example: Do Wolves Avoid Human Habitat? The research either supports (yes, the data supports that wolves avoid

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One way dogs communicate is through body language.

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One Way Dogs Communicate is Through Body Language Have you ever looked at your dog and thought “Why is he doing that?” or “Hmmm, what is my dog feeling?” One way dogs communicate is through body language. Reading a dog’s body language and accompanying behaviors can provide you with a lot of information about how your dog is feeling and what his next step might be. This becomes especially important when trying to keep yourself

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Stages of Puppyhood

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Stages of Puppyhood Being a puppy is more than just play time, cuddles, and puppy breath. Every day your little one is learning and growing. What they experience in these formative years (Stages of Puppyhood) play an integral role in the personality they will develop as they turn into adult dogs. As you could guess, well-socialized puppies most often turn into well-socialized dogs. When you talk, pet, play, and love your puppy, you are setting

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