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Linus's First Trip Out
Linus's First Trip Out Well, it was slightly less than a 2 week timeout for Linus, as it turns out. Although I strongly suggest a two week time out, I just had a feeling that the right thing for him was to get him out to see people in very low-key environments. He...
Dependent on the Group
Dependent on the Group It's been about 9 days since Linus came to into my home and I have to admit that even though this pup has zero training, he is one of the easiest dogs to live with (is it sad that he's easier to live with than Shayne and Rio?). He...
Foundational Behaviors
Foundational Behaviors Linus has been with me for 8 days now and he's continuing to settle in nicely. He took his first walk around the block the other day and with the added confidence of being with the other dogs, he did a pretty good job! I also decided on...
One of the few times I love seeing stress signals
When Stress Signals are Encouraging One of the tenents of my training has always been to make things low-stress. If I'm seeing lots of shake-offs, yawns, or panting, there's a good chance that I'm asking too much for the dog (at their level of training) or...
72 Hour Free Pass
72 Hour Free Pass Like I mentioned on Monday, being rehomed (or finding a forever home) is a very turbulent experience for dogs. Their whole lives get turned upside down and the often don't know which end is up. Besides a two-week timeout, I think there are a few...
Two Week Timeout For New Dogs
Two Week Timeout For New Dogs Most of the time when new dogs enter our lives it is on the heels of some sort of serious life changes for the dog. They may have been pulled away from their mom and siblings, they may have been transported between states, they...
Reinforcers are dynamic
Reinforcers are Dynamic I do not really like chocolate, I mean, I'll eat it occasionally and certainly have a few candies that I enjoy that contain chocolate but I wouldn't go out of my way to get some. If someone were to use chocolate as a reinforcer for me,...
I have no impulse control–New Web Design!
I Have No Impulse Control--New Web Design! As I expected, I have had really poor impulse control and have debuted the new website earlier than planned! I think it was half excitement about sharing my hard work and half was my total and complete fear of the...
Caution: Under Construction (and contest winner)
I wanted to let you all know that there will be some big changes coming to successjustclicks.com in the coming days. Woohoo! de It's been a labor of love over the last few months creating and building a new website that will soon take the place of this one. The URL...
First Snow!
We got the very first "more than a dusting" snow the other day and I took the dogs to the farm for some running! It was the first time in a year we've been able to get into the woods since the risk of ticks was low considering all the snow and the low temperatures. I...