by lkaim | Jan 20, 2022 | Dog Behavior, Dog Training, Dog Training Anecdotes, Dog Training Tools, Dogs, How to train a dog
The maddening insistence that dog behavior is somehow divorced from dog obedience is an addlepated view of a pretty straightforward problem. Dog behavior is an observable act. When a dog engages in a behavior, he is doing something. Whether that behavior is directed...
by lkaim | Apr 22, 2012 | Dog Training, Dogs, Puppy Training, Socializing your new puppy
We have spent the last 14 days teaching my puppy how to navigate his world and overcome emotional obstacles. How not to run from strange, unfamiliar things and that curiosity is rewarded. Zwei has successfully learned to follow, to respond to his name, to sit for...
by lkaim | Apr 12, 2012 | Dog Training, Dog Training Tools, Dogs, Puppy Training, Socializing your new puppy
We decided it was time for Zwei to begin fulfilling his role as chief distraction and functioning working partner, starting with our 8 am appointment. Our Thursday morning regular is a young Lab mix named Murphy. Murph is a great dog, although his enthusiasm is a...
by lkaim | Feb 5, 2012 | Dog Training, Dog Training Tools, Dogs, Puppy Training
A lot of potential client contacts include some form of “My dog won’t come when I call him”. It says a lot about the relationship they are currently experiencing with their dogs when they initiate a conversation with that statement. It isn’t...
by lkaim | Sep 24, 2008 | Dogs
Funny this should show up on one of my email lists: Wolves Make Dogs’ Dinner out of Domestication Theory Funny because a few days ago I was a participant in a discussion about Animal Cognition and an article that had appeared in National Geographic magazine in...
