by Eileen Anderson | May 23, 2016 | Animal Behavior, Training
So you are standing at a party, or in your office, or on your front lawn. Someone you know only vaguely walks up to you. He walks up very close, face to face, close enough that you can see up...
by PPGWorld | May 4, 2016 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Training
Many years ago when I was first learning this “new” method called positive reinforcement training, even though my dog was learning in huge leaps to do all the behaviors I asked him to do, I had this nagging question: But...
by PPGWorld | Apr 30, 2016 | Animal Behavior, Training
Are dogs with docked or missing tails vulnerable to miscommunication or misunderstanding by other dogs? Or do they learn to rely on other body language communication? I have a little rescue dog (right) who came to me from Romania with …
by Barbara Hodel | Apr 22, 2016 | Animal Behavior, Training
Fifty years ago not too many trainers or owners talked about socialization. Not because puppies did not need it, but because for the most part puppies ‘self-socialized’, they wandered and roamed the neighborhood, accompanied children to school, hung out with...
by PPGWorld | Mar 25, 2016 | Animal Behavior, Training
By Chantal Hughes We know there is a link between happiness in the workplace and increased productivity. And now, findings from research coming out of Virginia Commonwealth University in the USA reports that, “Man’s best friend may make a positive...