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Vet is not an abbreviation for trainer

V-E-T is not an abbreviation for trainer I love my vet, while we may not always agree, nutrition-wise, he respects my choices and never gives me a hard time about it.  He is at the head of his field in terms of some ground breaking work being done with stem cells to...

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It's play-off season… I may be slacking

It's hockey playoff season and I'm ... well I'm a hockey fan.  Tonight the game went into double overtime and I may have been glancing at a blank blog entry for the entire time I focused on the game (which we won!! LOL)!  So, I hope you can enjoy some photos of the...

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"How can I correct the growl?"

I'm still recovering from a two-day headache/nausea (does that constitute a migraine?) so please forgive any incoherent phrases LOL!  Also, I didn't realize I have used this photo before... there are only so many angry/growly photos to use! LOL! "Fido has a bad habit...

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Not feeling so hot…

Last night I had a killer head ache with some nausea so I couldn't get to writing a nice post (I struggled through an email to a training student).  This morning I'm just not feeling so hot in general... SO, no new blog post for today BUT I'll share a video I made for...

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Big Picture…

I had such a good time reading through all the blogs from the Blog The Change event.   If you haven't had an opportunity, I really suggest checking out some of the great blogs. I wanted to take a moment and expand on the idea of my blog for the event about Denver the...

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Blog the Change for Denver….

Today is Blog the Change for Animals day--this is a virtual event where bloggers from around the blogosphere come together in support of animals.  Sharing inspiring stories, sharing information about rescues, and spreading information about a variety of causes.  Blog...

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Toeing the line…

When working with a project dog (reactive, fearful, aggressive, etc) it is generally a process of slowly changing the threshold and the reaction to the stimulus.  In doing this, there is this very strange push and pull effect going on...we are pushing boundaries...

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Sometimes, you just need to pay better…

One of the things I think new trainers (or those new to positive reinforcement)  struggle with is the idea of having to pay the dogs for behaviors.  Many people still believe (or previously trained with this belief) in the old adage that dogs do things just to please...

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A day out with Dex

A fleeting glimpse of spring.  Yep, that's what it's been like recently.  Sunday was this ridiculously gorgeous 80F day--yes I was completely spoiled with that day and no, I was not expecting that type of day consistently yet--but a girl can hope right?  Well, Monday...

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It needs to be spring-for real

It's been a very long winter and a wet, not terribly mild, spring so far.  I have been absolutely desperate for some nice weather.  I'm a huge fan of being outside, playing with the dogs, and just generally relaxing in the sun (soaking up the vitamin D).  Well,...

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