From Auspicious Beginnings to a Hard-won Solution – Malena DeMartini My second client ever (circa 2001) was a separation anxiety case. The dog’s name was Guinness, like the beer, and his guardians had found him sickly and tattered, scavenging for…
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Separation Anxiety: The Forgotten Stepchild We Can No Longer Ignore
Separation Anxiety: The Forgotten Stepchild We Can No Longer Ignore Each morning when I fire up my computer, the eager ding of incoming emails greets me and I know to expect at least one new inquiry — if not three…
Tagged with: Dog training, separation anxiety, Technology, Training
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training, Dog/human relationship, Educational, emotions, Positive Animal Training, Psychology, Separation anxiety, Technology, Training tools
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training, Dog/human relationship, Educational, emotions, Positive Animal Training, Psychology, Separation anxiety, Technology, Training tools
The top 10 blogs you’ve liked in 2014
Another year has just gone by! I don’t know about you, but it feels like no matter how much I get accomplished, that to-do list just keeps on going. But before we take on a new year, let’s take a…
Tagged with: Animal training, Behavior, Dog, dog aggression, dog behavior, dog cognition, Dog training, dog walk, dog walking, dogs, human dog bond, Jennifer Cattet, Pet Tutor, reward based training, Smart Animal Training Systems, Technology
Posted in Misc, science, Technology, Training tools
Posted in Misc, science, Technology, Training tools
The rise of Petnologies
The 21st century has certainly marked a turn in the development and use of technology. Most of us carry in our pockets a miniaturized computer allowing us everything from calling others, to checking our email, our stocks and the weather…
Tagged with: Animal training, Dog training, Jennifer Cattet, Pet Tutor, reward based training, Smart Animal Training Systems, Technology
Posted in Misc, Positive Animal Training, science, Technology, Training tools
Posted in Misc, Positive Animal Training, science, Technology, Training tools
Enrichment – 8 easy ways to increase your dog’s quality of life
When we compare the lives of wild animals to that of our pets, there is a striking difference in their activity levels. Dogs, cats, birds, hamsters and gerbils of all sorts, spend a large part of their days just lying…
Tagged with: Animal training, Dog, Dog training, enrichment, human dog bond, Jennifer Cattet, Smart Animal Training Systems, Technology
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog/human relationship, Psychology, Resource, Technology, Training tools
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog/human relationship, Psychology, Resource, Technology, Training tools
Pet Tutor® at APDT – New technology boosting the trainer’s potential to help dogs
After unveiling Pet Tutor® for the very first time at the APDT conference in Spokane, WA, I can’t help but look back to the almost 30 years that I have worked with dogs and think of how dog training has evolved.…
Animal training, craft or applied science?
‘Let me start by saying that you’re looking at one lucky SOB! Said Bob Bailey in front of a crowd of dog professionals eager to learn from one of the most accomplished animal trainers in the world. A mind always…
Tagged with: Animal training, Behaviorism, clicker training, Dog, Dog training, Ethology, Jennifer Cattet, reward based training, SMART, Technology
Posted in Bob Bailey, Dog behavior, Dog training, Positive Animal Training, Psychology, science, Technology
Posted in Bob Bailey, Dog behavior, Dog training, Positive Animal Training, Psychology, science, Technology
Could we soon have a conversation with our dog?
As dog lovers it’s quite obvious that we communicate with our dogs. At the very least, they react to our body language and emotions in ways that indicate they understand our intentions and moods. How much and what we actually…
Tagged with: Dog, dog cognition, dog communication, Jennifer Cattet, Technology
Posted in Dog behavior, Educational, News, Resource, science, Technology
Posted in Dog behavior, Educational, News, Resource, science, Technology
Blah, blah, blah… Do dogs understand anything we say?
‘Do you want to go out for a walk?’ ‘Sit, sit, sit, I know you know how to do this, SIT, good boy, good doggy’. ‘Did you take my shoe? Rover, fess up! I know you did it!’ ‘Stop jumping…
Tagged with: Dog, dog cognition, dog understand words, Ethology, Jennifer Cattet, Smart Animal, Technology
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training, Educational, News, Positive Animal Training, Resource, science, Technology
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training, Educational, News, Positive Animal Training, Resource, science, Technology
E-collars – why I never want to use them again
No matter where we stand on the training spectrum, from purely positive, to balanced or traditional, we all want the same thing: enhancing the behaviors that we want and decreasing those that we deem problematic, for the benefit of both…
Tagged with: Animal training, Dog, e-collar, Jennifer Cattet, relationship, reward based training, shock collar, Technology, Training
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training, Educational, Positive Animal Training, Resource, science
Posted in Dog behavior, Dog training, Educational, Positive Animal Training, Resource, science