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We used to call it a 'command' when we wanted our dog to offer us a behavior. I find the parallel with issuing commands ... Read more

Some of us are shapers, some of us are prompters, some of us even use lures. No matter how you train, it’s important to ... Read more

Dogs can end up in shelters for lots of reasons, some bad, some awful, and some that couldn’t be avoided. Shelter worker... Read more

Is my dog 'over threshold?' Is she 'under threshold?' Is that good? Is that bad? Do I even know what I’m looking for? Kn... Read more

Training our dogs is like a game of charades. We’re just trying to get them to do the thing we’re trying to teach them. ... Read more

Sometimes all of the hashing and rehashing of this theory or approach or concept just starts to irritate me. What happen... Read more

Coming to a new understanding of dogs and dog training was a conversion of sorts for me. It has been an interesting jour... Read more

People are people and dogs are dogs. Sometimes people can 'clever' themselves right past their dogs while training and t... Read more

Wouldn’t you love a perfectly trained dog? I thought so too. Then I did a little reading about 'perfect' dogs. The ones ... Read more

Humans are reasoning creatures. We have a tremendous capacity to reason out how things work from the barest of facts. Bu... Read more