by BARKS from the Guild | Jan 13, 2022 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild, Pet Guardians, Training
By Angelica Steinker Consent testing is the process of observing a dog’s body language to see if he is fine with whatever environmental change has been presented to him. It can be used informally or formally. Informal use would be …
by BARKS from the Guild | Dec 30, 2021 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild, Pet Guardians, Training
By Lara Joseph Mini, pocket and teacup are all adjectives used to describe pigs and are specifically designed to impart a certain image to any potential pet pig owner. What might one think of when one hears the word “mini?”...
by Anna Francesca Bradley | Dec 23, 2021 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
It can be so easy in all the madness and mayhem to overlook our dogs’ needs over the holiday period. Certainly, I always have an influx of inquiries at the beginning of a new year because a dog’s behavior has …
by Anna Francesca Bradley | Nov 25, 2021 | Animal Behavior, Training
Welcoming a new pup into your household should be a time of absolute pure joy – he or she is a new family member after all, but sometimes it just turns into something akin to pure chaos, which is a …
by BARKS from the Guild | Nov 11, 2021 | Animal Behavior, BARKS from the Guild, Business & Consulting, Training
By Angelica Steinker A common criticism of counterconditioning is that it does not work. While there can be many reasons why a behavior modification protocol based on counterconditioning fails, it is, in fact, almost always user error. Here are four...