Pain in the Neck February 16th 2007 Walking has not been very fun lately. Both the Pungent-One and the Female in my pack have started to snap my leash during walks. Sometimes this happens very often. It is painful especially when the Pungent Male does it. When the Female one does it, it is merely More ...
What is bite inhibition? Bite inhibition basically means training your dog to have a soft mouth. When they are puppies, dogs automatically learn this lesson from their mother and their litter-mates. When a puppy bites down too hard on a litter-mate, he will get a yelp and play stops while the hurt party licks his wounds. More ...
Operant conditioning does not mean reward training. Operant conditioning actually encapsulates both reward and aversive training. In its simplest form, operant conditioning says that to shape a dog’s behavior, we can either add or take away a reward stimulus (positive reinforcement, negative punishment); or we can add or take away an aversive stimulus (positive punishment, More ...
Dogs are dogs, and they are not human. This is a true statement. According to Wikipedia, Currently, the domestic dog is listed as a subspecies of Canis lupus, C. l. familiaris. We humans are not part of that evolutionary tree, so it is true that dogs are not human. However, there is a tendency on More ...
Sometimes it can be difficult to find a good dog trainer that is knowledgeable, fits your personality, fits your dog’s personality, understands dogs, and is a good teacher. I had a difficult time finding a good dog trainer for my Shiba Inu. He is not an easy dog to handle, and most trainers that I More ...
Are bad dogs simply untrained or were they born bad? Some people believe that certain bad dog behaviors are a result of bad breeding while others believe that they are wholly the result of bad dog training. The truth, as always, is somewhere in-between. Breeding and breed does contribute to a dog’s temperament and behaviors. More ...
Nicco brought up a really interesting issue in this post – When Did ‘NICE’ Become a Four-Letter Word?. Here is what Nicco said – Nothing wrong with being nice to people and dogs. Being the educated dog owner that you are though, I’m sure you’re aware that there are certain things people do that we More ...
Who is the best dog trainer? Is it Cesar Millan, The Dog Whisperer? Or do you think it is Victoria Stilwell from It’s Me of the Dog? Or do you prefer Tamara Geller? Ian Dunbar? Patricia McConnell? or someone else entirely? Nah, it is not any one of these people. Is it ShibaShake? Certainly not! So More ...
Many people view the use of food during dog training as doggy bribery Is this true? To find the answer to this question, we must examine dog training in greater detail. Dog training can be divided into – Aversive based dog training (traditional methods) and Reward based dog training (positive reinforcement methods). Reward based dog training controls the More ...
