by PPGWorld | Dec 3, 2015 | Animal Behavior, Business & Consulting, Training
That maxim is one of the fundamental principles that health care providers are taught in school which roughly means that given an existing problem, it may be better not to do something or do nothing than risk causing more harm...
by Theo Stewart | Nov 25, 2015 | Animal Behavior
It’s really strange how it all started. My clients have had the little Bichon Frise for just a few weeks – he came over from Ireland with an unknown past – and the young lady quite unwittingly bought him a …
by Pam Hogle | Nov 23, 2015 | Animal Behavior, Training
I read a lot of academic studies of dogs. My students often enjoy dissecting these studies and figuring out better ways to investigate the same questions. Oftentimes, their ideas come from their extensive observation of real dogs doing real dog...
by Daniel Antolec | Nov 16, 2015 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Training
Some dogs run and hide at first sight of the vacuum cleaner or unleash a barrage of barking, lunging and biting at the dreadful thing. Others quickly identify the vacuum cleaner’s lair and the fear response begins as soon as …
by PPGWorld | Nov 9, 2015 | Animal Behavior
It’s sometimes good to remind ourselves of what our dogs are. Dogs are relatives of the modern day wolf, both having evolved from a common ancestor. Is it not fascinating that when we chose to domesticate an animal, we chose …
by PPGWorld | Nov 4, 2015 | Animal Behavior, Training
I was first introduced to a positive reinforcement instructor many years ago when I adopted my shelter dog, Freddie, an adolescent dog who was very enthused about EVERYTHING! As the instructor explained how to reinforce our dogs, and even as...
