Increasing Your Family by Four Paws: What’s Next? Bringing a new dog into your familyHow exciting!
Bringing a new dog into your family How exciting! You have made a lifetime commitment to care and provide for a dog. They are part of...
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Reactive Dog-Park Reviews: A Guide For You and Your Dog
For about a year now, we have been visiting local DFW, Texas parks and reviewing them with a reactive dog in mind. Reactive dogs are some...
Why Decompression Alone Isn’t Enough
Decompression is a buzzword that is used with almost all fosters, adoptions, and rescue organizations now as standard protocol for...
What’s With All The Jargon? Part II
I spend a lot of time explaining why communication is paramount to effective behavioral modification. The reason I spend the time...
What’s With All The Jargon? Part I
I talk all the time with my human clients about being an effective communicator, using treats (reinforcement) as translators to the human...
The 3 P’s: Patience, Progressive Phases & Positive Reinforcement
They say, "Rome wasn't built in a day," but have you ever heard, "Fido wasn't trained in a day?" Probably not. But that sentiment should...
Education vs Training: Making the Mental Shift
Dog training has its history. Over the years there have been movements and philosophies varying from punitive in nature to balanced...
Socialization…Why It Is A Lifetime Process
You have probably all heard the blanket statement, "Make sure you socialize your puppy!" Or even professionals who create puppy socials...
Bringing A New Dog Into Your Family
How exciting! You have made the lifetime commitment to care and provide for a dog. They are part of your family now, except you didn't...