by Angelica Steinker | Jul 7, 2022 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild, Pet Guardians, Training
By Angelica Steinker Consent testing is an informal experiment which allows a dog to offer consent regarding a specific situation. Via her body language the dog communicates a yes or no response. This information is used to: • Improve...
by Kym Iffert | Jun 30, 2022 | Advocacy, BARKS from the Guild, Pet Guardians, Training
By Kym Iffert It was finally a beautiful day in Chicago so I grabbed my bag, my leash, a pocket full of treats and tennis ball and set out for a walk. The neighbors were out and it …
by Yvette Van Veen | Jun 23, 2022 | BARKS from the Guild, Training
By Yvette Van Veen A common expression used in clicker training is that the click “ends the behavior.” Rarely do we stop to think what this really means but it bears closer examination. Typically, the phrase indicates that dogs...
by Carolyn Kocman | Jun 16, 2022 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild, Pet Guardians, Training
By Carolyn Kocman Owners and caretakers can almost always recognize phobia related behaviors. Shaking, drooling, panting, restlessness, pacing, clinging to owners and hiding are all fairly overt and recognizable behaviors that can be triggered by such things as...
by Kate Mallatratt | Jun 9, 2022 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild, Training
By Kate Mallatratt One of my behavior colleagues posed a very interesting question recently, “If you always set your dog up for success and aim for errorless learning, are you not stunting your dog’s ability for critical thinking, limiting...
by BARKS from the Guild | May 26, 2022 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild, Pet Guardians, Training
By Patience Fisher There are many challenges for shelters in finding adoptive homes for cats. As an adoption counselor, I always found it disheartening to have a cat returned to the shelter for not getting along with the resident...
