Helping fearful dogs
That's all folks! 24 posts in 24 hours. All to help raise money to help animals. Blogathon2011. Your donations to the NE Humane Society are tax deductible and will be matched in kind. Check out the posts from other bloggers, each working to help the people helping the animals they are moved by. Thanks for stopping by and for your support. No one of us ...
There is still time to make a donation to help the people helping the animals. Your donation is tax deductible and will be matched, a twofer! As a follow-up to my last post here is a video showing how we use food to give dogs new skills and pattern new behaviors. Kelly was fearful of people and by using food to get him to move ...
Despite all the evidence indicating that aggressive, intimidating handling can lead to heightened aggressive responses in dogs, there are still people, dog trainers among them, who will insist that unless we use overwhelming punishment or coercion with an aggressive dog (who may be aggressive because they are scared, even if it doesn't look or feel like it to us), we are doing the dogs of ...
Nikolaas Tinbergen, an early ethologist said that 'ethology is the study of animal behavior and we must interview the animals in their own language', or something to that effect, sorry I couldn't come up with the actual quote. We have failed dogs miserably to this end. Dog behavior is horribly misunderstood. TV shows and movies anthropomorphise dog behavior while celebrity trainers make up their own ...
This blog is part of Blogathon2011. 24 hours of hourly blogging to help raise money for animal related causes. You can help by making a donation to the Nebraska Humane Society. All donation are tax deductible and will be matched in kind. So your money doubles itself. It's the best investment around. Click here to make your contribution. No amount too small! Stay tuned! I'll ...
Stress wreaks havoc on brains and bodies. The list of signs of how stress affects mammalian brains is long. These signs include physical changes; headaches, nausea, body aches. Emotional changes such as; depression, anxiety, agitation. And cognitive changes; confused thinking and poor memory. People can talk about how they feel and what they are experiencing. Our dogs are limited in how they can communicate how ...
Reward-based, positive reinforcement, progressive positive reinforcement, force-free, dog-friendly, truly dog friendly, science based....whatever you call it, it's how I want to train dogs, for two reasons, personal preference and professional pride. In general, I prefer to have relationships in my life that do not include conflict and bad feelings. For years I've worked as a leader for groups of adventure travelers, or those brave enough ...
This post was written for Blog-a-thon 2011 to help raise money for homeless animals at the Nebraska Humane Society. Click here to donate! Teaching a dog to target is one of the easiest skills for them to learn. You can teach a dog to target with any part of their body. Nose targeting is usually the easiest since dogs are inclined to sniff things. But ...
Recently I got a juicer. I was inspired by a couple of documentaries to find ways to improve my diet and being a reluctant cook decided that drinking raw juice fit the bill perfectly. When I assembled the juicer and prepared to juice some beets I was so excited, I bypassed all the 'read these instructions first before operating machine' warnings. Looking at the new, ...
When I volunteered at our local shelter and ran a 'working with the dogs' orientation for new volunteers, one of the suggestions I made was to give dogs a break. When most people volunteer at a shelter they usually think in terms of walking or playing with the animals. Both are wonderful things to do, but along with exercise and stimulation, animals living in shelters ...
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