Category: Tips and Treats
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5 Tips to Create a Successful Training Session (CROPS)
Every training session is a step towards your training goals, so you want to make sure you and your dog are always successful. Although learning is never a straight line, it can be very frustrating when your dog doesn’t offer the behavior you want, or practices the very behavior you want to change. 😬 Before…
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5 tips to give your dog agency when doing cooperative care
Agency (mass noun): action or intervention producing a particular effect. Whether it’s general dog training or cooperative care, giving your dog agency or control over the situation or procedure is crucial. It fosters two-way communication between you and your dog, maintains good well-being in your dog, and establishes you as a figure they can trust. Cooperative care…
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5 tips when training your dog to wear a muzzle using R+
Watch the full tutorial “Muzzle training for your dog using positive reinforcement (R+)” on YouTube.
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5 Takeaways for Post-Pandemic Reactivity in Dogs (Guest post)
This is a guest post I wrote for Petminded.co back in May 2022. Petminded is a community of pet parents and guardians who’re interested in dog science and giving their dogs the best that life has to offer. To avoid plagiarism, I’m sharing the first version of this post. See the final version on the…
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R+ training methods: Capturing
Capturing is one of many ways to teach your dog the behaviors or skills they need to thrive in your home. The very nature of capturing is giving clear feedback to your dog for the behaviors they’re offering. More importantly, they’re behaviors that you want to reinforce. The keyword is “offer” or “offering” because you…
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GUIDE 📕: 7 must-have products to bring on your dog walks
Walks are more than just exercise for your dog. They’re opportunities to bond, to communicate, and to share memories as you’re both exploring the environment. To make the walk a positive experience, you can bring and use certain equipment and food. They keep your dog safe, allow you to provide enrichment opportunities, and reinforce behaviors…
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7 ways to manage your puppy
Puppies are just too adorable for their own good. Their small heads, bug-like eyes, and the pitter-patter of their tiny feet can make any human heart melt like butter. But when left to their own whims, they notorious at getting into trouble. At 8 weeks, they’re exploring the world and absorbing all the information like…
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