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On the money
Another place Chico is welcome is my wonderful credit union, Woodlands Credit Union. He’s so well behaved that the tellers often don’t even know he’s there. But the branch manager always does. And she always has a cookie for him. … Continue reading
My old home town goes (back) to the dogs
I went to college in Santa Cruz, California. A few years after I left, the city fathers banned dogs from the Pacific Garden Mall. The Mall is the town’s main shopping street and there used to be a lot of … Continue reading
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“It’s a car, what do you do for a car?”
Chico has learned to associate certain things that he used to be afraid of with treats. In doing that, he has learned to substitute behaviors I want for ones I don’t. Here’s an example. In the beginning, his fear of … Continue reading
First training exercises
I came home from our first lesson at Julie’s with a few games, as she called the training exercises, to play with Chico. That’s one thing I love about training with Julie: it’s all a game, if human and dog … Continue reading
Click, treat
We use clicker training. Clicker training is based on psychology, operant conditioning to be exact (ja, go ahead and Wikipedia it, or go back to that Psych 1 textbook in the garage). A small clicker makes a noise that marks … Continue reading
Can I Bring the Dog? 