by Tena Parker | Aug 23, 2013 | "How To...", Foster Dogs, General Dog Care, Puppy Fun, Socialization
Puppy Socialization List pt2–Travel’n Man It’s been a week since I brought the little man home and he has continued to improve in a lot of respects. Some things, like potty training, are going amazingly well–darn near perfect actually. He is...
by Tena Parker | Aug 13, 2013 | "How To...", Behavior Modification, Body language, Dog Behavior, personal
Resource Guarding Between Pets–Triage and Treatment For those of you unfamiliar with Shayne’s history, she came to me with a food protocol from the humane society because of food aggression. She would stiffen, growl, hover over the bowl, and snap if a...
by Tena Parker | Jul 24, 2013 | "How To...", equipment, Positive Training, Training
Weaning off Treats Pt. 2 On Monday I wrote about how to wean off of treats during your training. I really focused that post exclusively on the mechanics of how to reduce treats during training but there is a piece of the puzzle that I didn’t really write about...
by Tena Parker | Jul 22, 2013 | "How To...", Basic Training Tips, clicker training
Weaning Off Of Treats One of the first things that many students ask me is about when they can “stop using all the treats.” I will be honest and say that for most behaviors, I don’t completely wean off treats. Yup, you heard that correctly. There...
by Tena Parker | Jul 16, 2013 | "How To...", Basic Training Tips, clicker training, Training, Video blog
Go Faster! More Cookies! I spent part of the weekend trying to find a link to a study that I read years ago that looked at the skills/mechanics trainers used more effectively than average pet owners. Unfortunately I couldn’t find anything–so I can’t...
by Tena Parker | Jun 27, 2013 | "How To...", Basic Training Tips, clicker training, Positive Training
What’s In Your Dog’s Wine Glass? On Monday I published a post about Trigger Stacking and created a graphic using wine glasses to help get my point across. It occurred to me that it was actually quite similar to the way I explain increasing the...