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 | Dec 31, 2021 | Dog Behavior, Dog Trainers, Dog Training, Dog Training Anecdotes, Dog Training Tools, Dogs, How to train a dog
There really is nothing new under the sun when talking about dog training. Years ago, I was handling a dog at a public event being put on by an animal rescue. We were sort of in between showtimes and resting comfortably under an awning near my truck. Cotton was...
by lkaim | Jul 21, 2019 | Dog Politics, Dog Trainers, Dog Training, Dog Training Anecdotes
I ran a single-question survey on my facebook page the other day. I asked folks to determine if they saw themselves as a dog parent or as a dog owner. I knew going in that the overwhelming answer would be biased towards dog owner because that is my belief, and the...
by lkaim | Jun 10, 2013 | Dog Training, Dogs, Puppy Training
What a trained dog starts to look like after only 5 weeks of work. Zwei is shown demonstrating the training skills he had learned in the first five weeks of a ten week program. He was just 13 months old. Up to the day this was filmed, Zwei’s exposure to this...
by lkaim | Oct 9, 2011 | Breeding Dogs, Dog Genetics, Dogs, Purebred Dogs
Designer Dogs, Doodles and Poos There is a conundrum regarding the validity of claims surrounding the “designer dog” market. First we must distinguish what makes a pure breed of dog, what constitutes a mutt, mongrel or mixed bred dog, and what exactly is a...
