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Recent Blogs
- Mama Dogs Don’t Use Treats…..
- What’s a Functional Assessment in Dog Training? (And Why You Should Care)
- Retractable Leashes Are Risky
- The Pet Professional Guild Position Statement on the Use of Shock in Animal Training
- Encouraging Play and Activity with Newly Blind Dogs
- Clicker Training for Cats (5/6)
- The Neurological Benefits of Counter Conditioning Leash Reactive Dogs
- A Plug for Play
- Talking to Dogs
- Added Brainpower!
- Does a Deaf (and Blind) Dog Need a Hearing Dog Buddy?
- Animal Abuse Harms People Too
- Higher-Order Conditioning: Did it Happen To My Dog?
- Thunderphobia in Dogs
- The Science of Force-Free Learning: How Our Pets Learn!
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Animal Abuse Harms People Too
If you are reading this blog then I may safely assume you are an animal lover, but sometimes love is not enough. Sometimes advocacy through direction action is required. I post this as an urgent call to action to help … Continue reading
Zoophilia*: A Hidden Horror for Animals
I entered law enforcement at 20 years of age. When I retired 30 years later I thought I had seen the full spectrum of human abuse, violence and degradation. The cruelty of humankind no longer shocked me, though it wore … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Animal Behavior, PPG News, Stuff, Uncategorized
Tagged abuse, animal abuse, animal abuse law, animal advocacy, animal cruelty, animal protection, animal sexual abuse, ASPCA, bestiality, Cory Silverberg, Dr. Patricia McConnell, Fear, Five Freedoms, HSUS, Humane Society of the United States, jaak panksepp, Jessica Pierce, juvenile violence, M. Jenny Edwards, Marc Bekholl, mass shooting, Melissa Tedrowe, Neurophisiology, Ph.D, Psychology Today, sexual abuse, Sheltering Animals of Abuse Victims, Sterling Rachwal, violence, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Assembly, Wisconsin Legislature, Wisconsin Senate, zoophilia, zoos
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Santa Claus May Scare Dogs
People around the world enjoy the winter season and many nations celebrate a version of Saint Nicholas. In the United States I witnessed an increase in commercialization and marketing hype since I was a child and Christmas decorations now appear … Continue reading
Being Your Dog’s Best Advocate
In 2012, my wife and I enrolled in a therapy dog training class which led to a Pet Partners evaluation process for therapy animal teams. I partnered with Buddha and my wife partnered with Gandhi. It was only by working … Continue reading
Posted in Advocacy, Animal Behavior, Pet Care, PPG News, Stuff, Training, Uncategorized
Tagged Brenda Aloff, canine body language, Dog Decoder, Five Freedoms, ispeakdog, jaak panksepp, pet owner, pet owners, Pet Partners, pet steward, Sarah Kalnajs, Shock-Free Coalition, stewardship, The language of dogs
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Bring Your Dog Inside, Have a Better Relationship and Much More Fun
I believe that a large majority of dogs would probably exchange the biggest backyard in the world for quality time with their owners. Yet apartment dwellers are sometimes frowned upon for owning a dog. Here in Australia, however, strata laws are … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Behavior, Pet Care, Stuff, Training
Tagged communication, Dog Behavior, Dog Training, Dogs, education, empathy, force-free training, humane, management, outside dogs, pet dogs, pets, positive reinforcement, training
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Halloween Hazards for Pets
Halloween has always been my favorite holiday. A bag full of treats and scary costumes make me happy, but these things can be a real terror for some pets. Hazards come in two flavors: environmental and edibles. I once trained … Continue reading
Having a Bit More Fun with Our Dogs
When I got my first dog as a child no one in the family knew much about dogs, puppy preschool classes were unheard of and the average dog just somehow became part of the family. My father mainly got the … Continue reading
Posted in Animal Behavior, Pet Care, Stuff, Training
Tagged behavior, body language, communication, Dog Behavior, Dog Behaviour, empathy, Force Free, force-free training, humane, learning, pet dogs, pets, positive reinforcement, training
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