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Approaching 300
This is post number 298 for Can I Bring the Dog dot com. As I approach post 300, there has been a big increase in readership. At least, that’s what WordPress’s stats page tells me. It looks like some new … Continue reading
A hard day for Chico
Yesterday Chico and I went to American K9 Country, where Julie teaches on Wednesdays. I asked for help with the “weave poles away from home” problem and we went there to do lots and lots and lots of weave poles, … Continue reading
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Starting over
Recently I started an introductory dog training course from the Karen Pryor Clicker Training Academy. It’s an on-line course for “aspiring” clicker trainers. Since I have only trained Chico, and with a lot of help, I decided to start at the … Continue reading
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A detour from our cross-country journey
We interrupt this recounting of the trip for a post about dog behavior. I just re-read an article showing the flaws in the alpha-dog theory. It’s from the December 2011 issue of the Whole Dog Journal, written by Patricia Miller, one of … Continue reading
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Dog class with Bags
It’s complicated, but my travels in Turkey didn’t quite work out the way they were planned and I ended up spending some days in Amsterdam. One of those days was a Saturday, and I went with Christina and Bags to … Continue reading
More science to support positive training
Over at Science of Dogs there’s a post about some research that confirms that when new behaviors are positively reinforced, the learning lasts longer than learning which receives negative reinforcement (punishment). Lighting the Pathways of Reward and Punishment. Again, this … Continue reading
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Training for the city
Chico and I are in Washington, DC for the next ten days or so. And, as the woman who checked me out at Target the other day said, as if things aren’t good enough, I’ve got a nasty, fllu-ish cold. … Continue reading
Eighty years of behavioral psychology says
that Cesar Milan is way off base, and that dominance is not leadership, and that what our dogs want is a leader. This great article argues convincingly that Milan and other dominance based trainers are on the wrong track. Prescott … Continue reading
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It might not seem like much
I am working on my computer and Chico is lying quietly in the unfenced front yard, even when cars go by. For some dogs, many, maybe most, dogs, this would be no big deal. For me and Chico, this is … Continue reading
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Have I been manipulated by my dog?
This morning around 8 the noises of heavy equipment arriving came floating in my windows. Banging and clanging and driving down a ramp sounds were followed by chainsawing and more clanging and scraping. When we finally headed out for a … Continue reading
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