by BARKS from the Guild | Oct 2, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Pet Guardians, Training
By Yvette Van Veen I decided to spend some recent holiday time working on a whistle recall. This is when a dog learns to come to the sound of a whistle. Pamela Dennison has a number of resources on how...
by Anna Francesca Bradley | Sep 24, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Training
Desensitization is a tool I use in my armory virtually every day – it’s ultra powerful, versatile and it works well, that is IF it’s applied correctly! Here I’m going to take a look at this ‘behaviour fixer’ in a …
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 BARKS from the Guild | Sep 3, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Pet Guardians, Training
By Yvette Van Veen Years ago, I taught our Kiki a formal recall using targeting. Systematically I proceeded to work through the exercise. Much to my delight, Kiki developed the most fantastic competition recall. People gasped at her speed and...
