October 4, 2018: New Study Reveals Verbal Cues May Not Be Most Effective Way to Train Dogs

by BARKS from the Guild | Oct 4, 2018 | Uncategorized

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Conditioning Confidence

by BARKS from the Guild | Oct 2, 2018 | Uncategorized

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by BARKS from the Guild | Oct 2, 2018 | Uncategorized

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Five Days from Fear to Fun – Classical Counterconditioning

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...

Dogs CAN Learn That … and That, and That!

by Pam Hogle | Sep 28, 2018 | Training

Do you know anyone who has more than one service dog because “one dog couldn’t be taught to do all the tasks” that person needs? Have you ever heard a dog owner (or worse, trainer) claim that dogs “can’t learn”...