A “Spoiled” Dog or a Frustrated Dog?
Respond to behavior, not the dog’s history. Imagine that you just found this dog in the Piggly Wiggly parking lot ...
Testament to Targeting
Training is not a luxury, but a key component to good animal care,” states Ramirez (qtd. in Gordon, 2012). Working ...
Teaching Your Dog to Self-Interrupt
By Eileen Anderson
Here is something I taught with positive reinforcement that enhances Clara’s life and ...
A Cry for Attention
By Lara Joseph
Foraging is defined as searching for food. From my observations, however, much more is involved ...
The Problem with Shock
By Angelica Steinker
It isn’t that shock collar training doesn’t work, because it does. The question is at what ...
PPG Summit 2020 Sessions: Do Scientists Really Know What They’re Talking About?
BARKS presents session details from PPG's 2020 Summit and Workshops in Phoenix, Arizona
*Early bird discount ...
Personal Trainer or Dog Trainer? The Case for Day Training
By Veronica Boutelle of PPG corporate partner, dogbiz
Frustration over unfinished cases and low client ...
Living and Working with Deaf Dogs
By Morag Heirs
Our canine companions are remarkably adaptable and, based on current thinking, this ability has ...
Fetch More Dollars: Like Peas in a Pod
By John D. Visconti
In a previous article (see Fetch More Dollars: Selling Is Helping, BARKS from the Guild, ...
“I Will Never Use the Shock Collar Again!”
By Eileen Anderson
This is a story from a client of one of my professional trainer friends. Let’s call my friend ...
The Elephant on the Stairs
By Bob McMillan
Positive training is not a new idea. With starts and stops over the last century, it has been ...
The Miracle Mutt
By Gail Radtke
Changing your career in your 40s is nerve-wracking at the best of times but I was lucky enough ...