Dog owners cherish their canine companions for many reasons and interact with them using a variety of styles and training strategies. In turn, some dogs are relatively easy to train, while others present their owners with greater training challenges and frustrating behavioral habits. In either case, one of the...
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Dogs Don't Bite out of the Blue
In this blog post from Psychology Today’s Decoding Your Pet series, Dr. Ilana Reisner reviews some basic sources of provocation and warning signs of a bite in dogs. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201412/dogs-dont-bite-out-the-blue
Using Positive Reinforcement with Your Newly Adopted Dog
Applied animal behaviorists and veterinary behaviorists can serve an important role in providing information and services to local animal shelters and rescue organizations. One way to do this is by providing informational handouts that shelters can distribute with their adoption packets to new owners. Informational forms like this can...
It Makes No Sense to Punish a Fearful Dog
Dr. Ilana Reisner argues that the use of positive punishment to treat fearful behavior is problematic and recommends differential (positive) reinforcement based methods instead. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201412/it-makes-no-sense-punish-fearful-dog
Do your dog’s rights begin where my child’s rights end?
In this blog post from Psychology Today’s Decoding Your Pet series, Dr. Lisa Radosta presents her opinion on using children in a dog’s training or counterconditioning program. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201411/do-your-dog-s-rights-begin-where-my-child-s-rights-end
Help! Max Won’t Let Me Sleep at Night
In this post from Psychology Today’s Decoding Your Pet series, Dr. Carter discusses some of the behavioral changes associated with Canine cognitive dysfunction in senior dogs. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201410/help-max-won-t-let-me-sleep-night
Barking Mad! “How do I stop my dog from barking?”
In this blog post from Psychology Today’s Decoding Your Pet series, some suggestions are provided for decreasing problematic barking. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201410/barking-mad-how-do-i-stop-my-dog-barking
What You Teach Your Dog May Be Less Important Than How
In this blog post from Psychology Today’s Decoding Your Pet series, Dr. Carlo Siracusa reviews information presented in a puppy class learning overview. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201409/what-you-teach-your-dog-may-be-less-important-how
Meet Elmo: The Dog Who Could Not Stop Biting The Walls!
In this blog post from Psychology Today’s Decoding Your Pet series, Dr. Emily Levine reviews a case of a dog eating walls in the home. http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/decoding-your-pet/201409/meet-elmo-the-dog-who-could-not-stop-biting-the-walls-0
Selections from Dr. Sophia Yin
Sophia Yin invented the Treat & Train Remote Reward Dog Trainer as a way to reinforce behavior using remote controlled treat delivery from a stationary floor module. A full description of the Treat & Train is provided here: http://drsophiayin.com/treatntrain And here: http://drsophiayin.com/blog/entry/using-the-treattrain-helps-pet-owners-train-like-professionals Below are a series of Dr. Yin’s...
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