by Tena Parker | Jun 19, 2013 | clicker training, General Dog Care, Positive Training
Positive Reinforcement Isn’t For All Yep, you just read that correctly. Positive reinforcement isn’t for everyone, but not for the reasons many people think. I firmly believe that dogs do not need to have aversives as part of their training in order to...
by Tena Parker | Jun 14, 2013 | equipment, General Dog Care, Positive Training, Training
If You Have To Hide What You’re Doing… maybe you should rethink that choice. There is a trainer in my area who is notorious for showing off his dogs–he often has very large packs with him at various events. All of the dogs wear bandanas, not because...
by Tena Parker | Jun 10, 2013 | clicker training, General Dog Care, Positive Training, Training
Play More With Your Dog! Although training is serious work, it does not, in and of itself, have to be a serious experience. Two of the key components that I see missing in the way that many people train their dogs are joy and play. Even when they are training using...
by Tena Parker | Apr 23, 2013 | Body language, General Dog Care, Positive Training
Dog Sports Should Be About The Dogs Rio is my awesome boy. He does everything that I ask him to do and he really tries to do it with a smile, whether or not he really likes it. He has competed in rally-o and is actually pretty good at it. He earned his RL1 title in...
by Tena Parker | Apr 22, 2013 | clicker training, Positive Training, Rally
Shayne’s Second Rally-O Weekend! This past weekend Shayne and I were entered in an APDT Rally-O trial at Splash N Dash in Plum. I decided to only run Shayne and not Rio, but there will be more info on this in tomorrow’s post, so it was a nice weekend of...
by Tena Parker | Apr 15, 2013 | Behavior Modification, clicker training, Dog Behavior, Fearful Dog, Positive Training, Reactivity
STOP Treating Symptoms and Treat The Disease! This past weekend I went to an all day seminar with a local holistic vet, Dr. Doug Knueven of Beaver Animal Clinic. I have not personally taken my dogs to him, but if I ever had a medical issue with either, he would be...
