How Can I Exercise My Service Dog in Winter?
Keeping your service dog exercised and enriched can be a challenge! Three factors that can complicate the picture are… A further complication for many of you is having a disability that causes fatigue, pain, immobility, or otherwise makes it hard for you to consistently exercise your dog. We will have a future blog addressing that … How Can I Exercise My Service Dog in Winter? Read More »
8 Reasons to Train Your Service Dog with Shaping
What is Shaping? Shaping is a form of service dog training using successive approximation. When shaping, we reinforce tiny steps towards a goal behavior. We mark and reward (e.g., click, then treat) for minuscule increments along the path, rewarding many times for any step toward the larger goal. Once your dog has mastered offering the … 8 Reasons to Train Your Service Dog with Shaping Read More »
Odin the German Shepard Dog prepares for his family’s new baby. Good Boy!
Odin’s family took time before their new baby came home to learn how to and what to train Odin to do to keep their family happy and safe together.
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Toddlers and dogs… Safe together
A family adopted a six-month-old puppy who was anxious and afraid. When she was introduced to the family’s young cousins (four-years and eleven-months — TODDLERS) she seemed curious. But then barked and lunged at them when they made sudden movements. They had expected their toddlers and dogs to be safe together. The family tried to … Continue reading “Toddlers and dogs… Safe together”
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3 Surprising Results of Positive Reinforcement Training For Service Dogs.
Should you only use positive reinforcement to train your service dog? Or will combining rewards and corrections provide greater reliability? By Sharon Wachsler CPDT-KA KPA-CTP If you are training your own service dog, or thinking of taking this journey, you should know how using exclusively positive reinforcement training can affect you and your dog. As … 3 Surprising Results of Positive Reinforcement Training For Service Dogs. Read More »
Sprayed by Skunks in Montana
To help your dog avoid being sprayed by skunks, have a handful of distance commands to keep your dog from getting into skunk trouble.
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Slow your dog’s Speed Eating!
Slow your dog’s speed eating with enrichment and training.
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