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6 Other Ways to Keep Others Away From Your Dog
Of course we rely on our voice to communicate to other that they should keep their distance. However there are some of the pitfalls dog handlers run into that sometimes makes this simple solution not so simple. Pitfalls So we’ve put some suggestions together on what else has worked for other people who might help…
[VIDEO] Make a Target Stick Work For You
Using a target stick is not essential for treating dog aggression. However they can be very useful for training! And training can be fun – especially this kind. It works by teaching the dog to touch the end of the target stick or pole. This way you can teach your dog to follow it. This is useful for encouraging…
[VIDEO] Who Else Wants to Teach a Dog to Drop it?
Teaching a Dog to Drop it Teaching your dog how to drop things when asked is very useful! Dogs routinely pick things up things in their mouths, from forbidden food to your underwear. Some dogs are even little thieves that will bury their heads into your guest’s purse when you are not looking, only to enjoy the…
Training your aggressive dog to pay attention might help improve dog aggression
Training your aggressive dog to stop paying attention to something else and shift their to you will likely help to improve dog aggression. People with generalized social-phobia that have been trained to pay attention to non-threatening positive material and ignore threatening material, showed significantly greater reductions in self-reported, behavioral, and physiological measures of anxiety than…
The World’s Worst Dog Aggression Advice
Everyone who has a dog seems to have an opinion on how to handle dog behavior problems and aggression is at the top of the list. Here is some of the worst advice for handing aggression in dogs that you should avoid. Being dominant, being “pack leader”, “alpha”, “top dog”, etc.. Act like Cesar Milan…
Crazy dog at the door? Trick or treat!
Hallowe’en comes every year. If you have a dog that goes crazy at the door, Halloween is a nightmare. At best you can hope to take your dog somewhere else where there are no tricker-treaters (good luck!). Or perhaps you can hide out in your house with the house dark as if no one is…
[VIDEO] Clicker training basics!
If you are new to click training, you might want to check out our introduction to clicker training, what it is, why we use it and how it it is a fun and effective way to train dogs, but why it is particularly good in working with aggressive dogs. If you understand the principal of…