This article was written after for the umpteenth time I heard a dog trainer marginalize another’s opinion because they had more experience when in fact their “experience” was due to creative accounting. FWIW, in defence of some the less inexperienced trainers, when you’re having a discussion with a dog trainer and the trainer whips out […]
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2 Finger Rule – Fact or Fiction Dear John, I have the Wade Collar which my dog trainer, Nancy Johansen, gave us when she helped us with our dog. We have a 1 year 10 month old Staffordshire Bull Terrier. As I’m sure you know, he is quite the little puller on the leash. We
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A dog trainer named Brandon Steen (The Dog Squad Dog Training) posted the inset picture on his facebook page. It’s him horsing around with his own dog. Facebook sent him a message: “Your Photo was reported for containing graphic violence.” I’ve posted this picture on my Facebook Page. Hopefully a “friend” someone will come to my
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Is ‘All Positive/Force-Free’ Dog Training Catching Up to Us? If you’ve taken your dog for training and are still scratching your head as to why your dog still won’t stay, come or heel you might find this interesting. Was it ‘All Positive/Force-Free’ dog training? I was privy to a dialogue between dog trainers where one
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What do you think about dog psychologists aka dog behaviorist? Me not so much. RNT Hi RNT, If you’re talking about someone that brings the dog into their office, sticks it on the couch and asks it if it hates its mother then me not so much either. However, dogs are intelligent and anyone that
Good Afternoon John: My daughter has two large 18mth old male Labrador Retrievers. Tanya lives on a street with heavy traffic. The boys have been to obedience classes however; these guys have a thing about birds, squirrels, cats and anything else that moves on all fours and are in motion faster than they can be.
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