Would you put a shock collar on a human you love?
Shock collars for dog training have been around for decades. When they began to gain in popularity in the 1970s, there were FDA attempts to...
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Do you know what a “bully stick” is?
If there is one thing in this world that I have a lot of, it's bully sticks. At School For The Dogs, we have a...
What New Zealand’s driving dogs can teach us about positive reinforcement training
From Motherboard: Everything is upside down down under, innit? Not only does the water go down the drain in the wrong direction, but also, dogs drive. At...
3 Tips For Using Dog Training Methods On People
When I meet someone new and say that I’m a dog trainer, the first question I usually get is, “Can you train my husband?” My...
All dog, no bark: The pitfalls of devocalization surgery
Too often, we jump to take extreme measures to try to "fix" dogs, rather than changing their environments -- and our standards -- in order to better...
The pledge I took to be a dog trainer who puts letters after her name
[caption id="attachment_1132" align="alignleft" width="272"] Me and Karen Pryor, March 2011[/caption] In 2010, I graduated from The Karen Pryor Academy for Animal Training and Behavior. Truth be...
Music to calm your dog
Not too long ago, I was turned onto a book called Through a Dog's Ear: Using Sound to Improve the Health and Behavior of your Canine...
Puzzles for dogs (and why they matter)
For most of the tens of thousands of years that canids have existed, they’ve been hunters and scavengers. Wolves and feral dogs may still work...
Does it make sense to judge a candidate by his behavior toward animals?
This article originally appeared on the Boston Globe's Opinion page. In a recent issue of National Geographic, celebrity dog “whisperer” Cesar Millan disparaged the White House’s treatment of...