by BARKS from the Guild | Sep 12, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Training
By Sue McCabe Recently, while out with my gang, two dogs rushed a fence, barking their hairy heads off as we passed. I clicked and rewarded my dogs even though they did nothing. Later on the walk, two horses passed...
by BARKS from the Guild | Sep 9, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Pet Guardians, Training
By Yvette Van Veen When I was a young girl, my grandmother would send gifts of books from Czechoslovakia. The books were filled with stunning moving pop-up illustrations. I learned a lot from those books. I learned how those illustrations...
by Anna Francesca Bradley | Aug 23, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Training
All dogs can learn amazing things. Sometimes it’s us (maybe more than sometimes!) who don’t allow our dogs to fulfill their full potential, for whatever reason – time, other commitments, know-how etc. I want to look at a few things …
by BARKS from the Guild | Aug 2, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Pet Guardians, Training
By Yvette Van Veen How to ask your dog questions…overshadowing part two. My last blog introduced the concept of overshadowing by offering a simple example to illustrate the point. For an explanation of the concept, you can read that blog...
