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POWER SAPPERS: Part II – Emotional Extremes
The reason anger and frustration fail to control a dog is that anger and frustration signal to your dog (and to others) that you have lost control.
POWER SAPPERS: Part I – Fidgeting
Often when women work on becoming a leader, they are undermined by certain personal habits that sap them of the power they are eager to gain. The worst part is, women don’t even realize they are sabotaging their own power.
EARLY WARNING SIGNS OF CANINE EMERGENCIES
Do you and your friends know the early warning distress signs of canine emergencies? Here is a check-list of emergency symptoms for you and your dog-watcher.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR DOG – NOT YOUR WOLF: The Social Group Contract
It’s not our dog’s great-great-great-great-great…grandparents that hold the key to understanding your dog now. Do YOU bear much resemblance to your ancient ancestors? I doubt it. Neither does your dog.
FISH & OTHER DOGS: Sometimes They Just Don’t Like Them
Some people just don’t enjoy fish, and some dogs just don’t enjoy other dogs. So why do we keep trying to force them?
HEADWATERS OF THE DOG TRAINING DEBATE: The Myth of Aggression Based Dominance
….myth that dominance in the animal world is achieved through aggression. The assumption that rank has been won through bloody battles, pain and anguish
Many Are Chosen. FEW COME WHEN THEY ARE CALLED. Canines 3:17
If there is one command that gives owners grief, it is the COME command. They scream, they threaten, they beg, they chase, they bribe and cajole – and their dogs still do not come when called.
DOGS 101: A Primer
Selective breeding has changed the “wrapping”, but not the contents. Domesticated dogs – be they toy or giant, sporting or non-sporting, long-haired or short – are still at their core, DOGS,
TO BE LOVED or TO LEAD: What’s Your Goal?
When we come to the inevitable subject of discipline, most women start to shy away. They want better control, but they don’t want to discipline a dog as a means of getting that control.
MY DAY with TRAINING a HORSE
My friend could not get her horse to cross this or any OTHER wet ground on her rides. It was seriously limiting her life with this horse. I decided to try my dog training approach.
BUSY SUPER MOMS: the Job, the Kids, the Dog… Oh My!
I explain to busy super moms that the secret to getting the household under control, and the dog better behaved with the family is less yelling, and better management.
WHEN DOG COLLARS TURN DEADLY
Her call today, however, was to tell me that one of her two beloved dogs died tragically last week, after her collar became entangled in her brother’s mouth while playing.