By Deborah Jones, Ph.D. There are plenty of fun and useful applications for the Pet Tutor. One of my favorites to teach is targeting. A target is an object that your animal moves towards and touches with a body part.…
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Dog Door Manners in 3 Easy Steps
Doggie Doo it’s a new year and people are making resolutions. For quite a few years I’ve been fairly anti-resolution. Why? Because they don’t work! And in the process, they can actually make things worse because you end up feeling…
Tagged with: Dog, Dog training, Pet Tutor, Smart Animal Training Systems, smart training feeder
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training, Dog/human relationship, Fun, Positive Animal Training, Technology, Training tools
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training, Dog/human relationship, Fun, Positive Animal Training, Technology, Training tools
Stress-Free Travel with Your Dog!
10 Tips for Stress-Free Travel with Your Dog! by Colleen Demling Before You Go Do a Dry Run– You may want your dog to join you on your next vacation but your dog might not feel the same. Stay a…
Tagged with: #summervacation, #travel, Dog, human dog bond, Pet Tutor, Pets
Posted in Dog/human relationship, Fun, Misc, Positive Animal Training
Posted in Dog/human relationship, Fun, Misc, Positive Animal Training
Dog play, fun and seriously therapeutic
Butts up in the air, after a quick play bow, the dogs take off running, barking, jumping, chasing, growling, stalking and mouthing. Dogs having a good time playing together are quite a spectacle to watch! They can go from stalking…
Tagged with: abandonment, animal shelters, Dog, dog cognition, dog play, dogs, human dog bond, Jennifer Cattet, Smart Animal
Posted in Children, Dog behavior, Dog/human relationship, emotions, Fun, Psychology, science, Shelter
Posted in Children, Dog behavior, Dog/human relationship, emotions, Fun, Psychology, science, Shelter
Roughhousing with dogs, rules and consequences
How fun it is to roughhouse with a dog! They love it, are always willing and happy to oblige and both human and dog are up for a great time. Although men are generally more inclined to such playful activities,…
Tagged with: Behavior, Dog, dogs, human dog bond, Jennifer Cattet, play fight, roughhousing
Posted in Dog/human relationship, Fun, Psychology, Roughhousing
Posted in Dog/human relationship, Fun, Psychology, Roughhousing
To use or not to use high value treats…
Most owners and trainers frequently rely on high value treats when working with their dog. We may use them to get better focus during dog classes, more motivation when working outdoors and they generally help us work through the more…
Tagged with: Animal training, Behavior, clicker training, Dog, dogs, high value treat, Jennifer Cattet, reward based training
Posted in Dog training, Educational, Fun, Misc, News, Positive Animal Training
Posted in Dog training, Educational, Fun, Misc, News, Positive Animal Training
We just can’t resist puppies! Why?
Puppies are like gremlins. They bite everything in sight, including our hands, pant legs and favorite shoes. They pee all the time, chase after every moving object, and just like human toddlers are a ton of work! Yet, for some…
Tagged with: cute, Dog, dog cognition, Ethology, Jennifer Cattet, Konrad Lorenz, puppies, puppy, Smart Animal
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training, Educational, Fun, News, Resource, science
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training, Educational, Fun, News, Resource, science
The joy of shaping
There are few things more exciting for a trainer than working with a dog on shaping a new behavior through clicker training. From teaching the dog to lie down on his bed, to retrieving objects, or flipping a light switch…
Tagged with: Animal training, classical conditioning, clicker training, Dog, dogs, Jennifer Cattet, operant conditioning, reward based training, shaping
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training, Educational, Fun, News, Positive Animal Training, Resource, science
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training, Educational, Fun, News, Positive Animal Training, Resource, science