by Eileen Anderson | Aug 17, 2017 | Training
What’s your favorite color? Do you prefer pie or ice cream? Which shirt do you like better: the striped one or the solid green one? Most of us have been asked our preferences since we were children. Sometimes we...
by Daniel Antolec | Aug 13, 2017 | Advocacy, Animal Behavior, Current Events, Training
Recently a dog incident occurred in the tiny northern village of Plain, Wisconsin. As reported by TV news in the southern part of the state, a lady was walking her dog when three Pit Bulls escaped their home and rushed …
by PPGWorld | Aug 10, 2017 | Pet Guardians, Training
By Kamal Fernandez Do you have a nickname for your dog? I mean, an endearing title or word that describes or captures who they are? This can often be a positive thing… all of my dogs, have a ‘second name’, …
by Pet Professional Guild Cat Committee | Aug 7, 2017 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians
By Francine Miller Thankfully, more people are now aware that puppies need early socialization to have the best shot at being behaviorally healthy, but there are still many that are sketchy on the details of the process. Very few people...
by Louise Stapleton-Frappell | Aug 2, 2017 | Pet Guardians, Training
Recently, my nephew and I saw a dog running down a busy main road. She was very lucky as between us we managed to redirect her down an alleyway away from all the traffic and eventually I got her …
by Pam Hogle | Jul 28, 2017 | Training
I first started teaching about what I called cognitive dog training several years ago. I didn’t invent it; I simply named what a lot of positive, forward-thinking dog trainers were already doing. Cognitive...
by Anna Francesca Bradley | Jul 24, 2017 | Animal Behavior, Training
Fortunately today, thanks to force free advocating organizations like Pet Professional Guild, there is much more awareness of the detrimental effects of punishment. Sadly though, in some quarters it still prevails and is even advocated by some and perpetuated by...
by Barbara Hodel | Jul 20, 2017 | Animal Behavior, Business & Consulting, Personal Development, Training
As trainers we sometimes talk about owner compliance, or maybe more accurately – in some cases at least – the apparent lack of it. Part of our job as dog trainers is to find ways to motivate our clients to …
by Eileen Anderson | Jul 17, 2017 | Learning Theory, Training
This post started out as one thing and transformed into another as I went along, as many of mine do. I have been familiar for a while with the term local enhancement for a type of social learning in dogs....
by Daniel Antolec | Jul 13, 2017 | Animal Behavior, Business & Consulting, Learning Theory, Training
Recently I worked with an adolescent dog that I trained as a puppy. Like many adolescents he suddenly forgot several of his training skills and got stuck offering two behaviors in specific circumstances. When greeting people he climbed upon them …
