by PPGWorld | Sep 4, 2014 | Current Events, Learning Theory, Pet Guardians, Training
I’ll never forget the first (and only) time I ended up in a law suit. It was many years ago and I was young and terrified. I had given my landlord a 28 day notice to vacate my apartment, but …
by Cecelia Sumner | Sep 1, 2014 | Training
I read a great quote the other day from a book titled Bringing Out the Best in People by Aubrey Daniels. Here he is talking about positive and negative reinforcement: “It is important to know the difference, because the characteristics …
by Louise Stapleton-Frappell | Aug 28, 2014 | Training
You have a “strong” dog so you must need to use lots of force to control them, right? Wrong. Using positive reinforcement is not only based on science, it is also a fast, effective and fun way of teaching your …
by Diane Garrod | Aug 18, 2014 | Training
A man’s best friend deserves better Prong collars are used to decrease behavior and involve waiting for the dog to do something wrong, like pulling, and then jerking the dog. Used “correctly” they ride high up on the neck. Starting...
by Karen Baragona | Aug 13, 2014 | Training
Shhhh. Can you keep a secret? I used to HATE walking my dog. Why? Because my neighborhood is full of squirrels, and every time my dog saw one, she went freak-show crazy. Airborne. Yowling, lunging, sometimes even pulling me off …
