The Equalizer Before getting into how to stop leash chewing, it helps to understand why I recommend using what I call The Equalizer — a dragged indoor/outdoor leash — in the first place. If you’re already familiar with my approach, The Beautiful Balance: Puppy and Dog Training with Nature’s Template, you know that The Equalizer […]
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What to Use and Surprisingly What To Avoid Kong On A Rope The reason I use a Kong on a rope is I find that many dogs get a kick out of the irregular bounce. Perhaps, it’s a little more like running down actual prey? The rope part is in part so it eventually can
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Alpha/Pack Leader/Dominance Ideology in Dog Training I recently saw a video of a red-dyed hair “trainer” “dominating” an aggressive, muzzled Akita (I lost the link), and a week or so ago, a video where Cesar Millan snatched a triggered owner resource guarding Dachshund from the owner’s lap and tossed it to the ground (which considering
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“Stubborn Dogs” – Fact or Fallacy The term “stubborn” is frequently applied to certain dogs or breeds—sometimes by frustrated dog owners, other times by frustrated dog trainers. But what if we’ve misunderstood the whole idea of stubbornness in dogs? In my experience, labeling a dog as stubborn often misses the point. This mislabeling is especially
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Discouraging a Behavior “The Rule Of Three” One Of The Required Colors In The Dog Training Pallette Dogs, like humans, learn best when we see a pattern. Responding to an undesired behavior and immediately moving on is merely a reaction to a behavior, which at the very least can be confusing, while three times, one
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Definitely do not use a shock collar in this manner. That will almost certainly backfire in so many ways and is entirely unnecessary. You can housetrain a puppy to eventually go to the bathroom three times a day in one spot, in relatively short order. It just requires a little while of working with your puppy based on what a puppy is capable of at different stages of puppyhood and some diligent supervision on your part.
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