by Linda | Nov 22, 2025 | Dog Behavior Training, Dog Training Anecdotes, Dogs, How to train a dog, Maryland Dog Training
Your dog’s behavior is a reflection of you. The young couple sat side-by-side in the training studio; their adolescent, mid-sized dog dithered between the legs of one owner while the other owner reached down to stroke the dog intermittently. As the dog’s...
by Linda | Sep 24, 2025 | Dogs
Animal Cognition and Behavior 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 March 2008 of the same name. I had read the article and had seen various televised specials...
by Linda | Jul 20, 2025 | Dog Behavior Training, Dog Politics, Dog Training Anecdotes, Dog Training Tools, How to train a dog, negative punishment, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, Positive reinforcement
Reinforcement and Punishment The internet is ablaze with opinions of what constitutes reinforcement and punishment in dog training; what is too much, why should punishment be used at all, etc. There are entire philosophies built on the theory that reinforcement is all...
by Linda | Jul 7, 2025 | Dog Behavior Training, Dog Training Anecdotes, How to train a dog, Maryland Dog Training, negative punishment, negative reinforcement, positive punishment, Positive reinforcement
Post-COVID yielded a lot of fearful, anxious dogs with some extraordinary behavior issues as their owners returned to the office. Two years later, I am still working with many anxious dogs and the one thing they have in common are adult, first-time owners who have no...
