Canine Nation
Discussions on a modern approach to understanding and living with our dogs.
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Shelter Dog Heroes
Dogs can end up in shelters for lots of reasons, ...
Dogs can end up in shelters for lots of reasons, some bad, some awful, and some that couldn't be avoided. Shelter workers have incredibly difficult jobs. They take in and care for these dogs, not knowing what is in their past or what their future may h...
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Over Under Dogs
Is my dog "over threshold?" Is she "under threshold?" Is ...
Is my dog "over threshold?" Is she "under threshold?" Is that good? Is that bad? Do I even know what I'm looking for? Knowing how your dog is responding to their surroundings can play a key role in whether they are learning,
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Training Dogs In Your Head – A Rant
Sometimes all of the hashing and rehashing of this theory ...
Sometimes all of the hashing and rehashing of this theory or approach or concept just starts to irritate me. What happened to working with the dogs to see if it works or not? We can speculate and pontificate all day long but if our dog's behaviour says...
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Born Again Dog Trainers
Coming to a new understanding of dogs and dog training ...
Coming to a new understanding of dogs and dog training was a conversion of sorts for me. It has been an interesting journey. I went from skeptic to student to evangelist before finding a way to put it all in perspective.
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Dog Simple
People are people and dogs are dogs. Sometimes people can ...
People are people and dogs are dogs. Sometimes people can "clever" themselves right past their dogs while training and then get frustrated when the dog doesn't "get it." Maybe if we learn to keep it simple,
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3 Important Lessons in Dog Training
While I have learned a great deal from books by ...
While I have learned a great deal from books by Karen Pryor, Jean Donaldson, John Bradshaw, and many others, my greatest education in dogs and dog training came from teachers much lower to the ground. My dogs have taught me the most important things ab...
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Top Dogs: The Importance of Winning
Training our dogs is like a game of charades. We're ...
Training our dogs is like a game of charades. We're just trying to get them to do the thing we're trying to teach them. But who wins and who loses? Well, since we're the ones running the game, I guess we get to decide. How often does your dog win?
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Three Dogs On A Hill
It was Autumn and there were dogs flying up and ...
It was Autumn and there were dogs flying up and down the hill in our back yard. It's a tradition here at our home to let the dogs get their exercise by scrambling up and down the hill in some spirited play.
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The Dog Whisperer Is No Longer Relevant
This is something I have wanted to say for a ...
This is something I have wanted to say for a long time but couldn't figure out how. All of this debate of The Dog Whisperer has always struck me as something of a futile exercise. It isn't even a show about dog training. It is Reality TV at its finest.
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Dealing with Demanding Dogs
Dogs can be pretty persistent creatures. This is especially true ...
Dogs can be pretty persistent creatures. This is especially true if they know they can get what they want. Sometime our reactions can encourage their annoying behaviour even though we are trying to stop it.
