Positive Reinforcement vs Positive Thinking (and why Pollyanna would’ve sucked at dog training)
The kind of dog training we do, and that I teach, goes by many names. Some call it "science based" training, or "clicker training," or...
Dog training lessons learned from watching Girls
I am a dog trainer. But I mostly work with people. They're the ones with the checkbooks -- and they respond very well to training. Dog...
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...