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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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Why positive reinforcement when training a dog is so important!

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Why positive reinforcement when training a dog is so important! I think most of us can agree that the old saying, “you catch more flies with honey than you do with vinegar” is pretty accurate. Positive interactions are what keep us going, filtering out negative ones while focusing on the good things we experience and the ones that are to come. That’s why positive reinforcement when training a dog is so important. What is positive

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Dominance: In The Dog Training Industry

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 Dominance in The Dog Training Industry  The term dominance gets thrown around a lot in the dog training industry. For generations people and trainers alike have attributed many dog behaviors to a dominance structure. Either the dog is dominating or submissive, which has been thought to cause them to act certain ways. However, as we grow in knowledge and experience, professionals have learned that this is not the case. That’s why dominance is not a

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 Livestock Guardian Dogs: History and Training Styles 

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 Livestock Guardian Dogs: History and Training Styles  Between herding dogs who control the movement of herds, and the livestock guardian dogs who protect herds from invading predators, working dogs have maintained their ancient roots as man’s best friend.  Little known unless you live in an agricultural region, livestock guardian dogs play a major role in the safety of herds even in modern times.  While the breeds that stood next to ancient shepherds would not recognize

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