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Learn about the day to day life of a successful private dog trainer in Chicago, IL. Gain insight into the challenges of being a trainer as well as tips to help you with your dog.
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On Monday, I hope you enjoyed Part 1 of this interview with Jeanne describing her strategies and thought process for getting her Wheaten Terrier, Seamus ready for her daughter's school play. Read on for the last part and find out if all the work was...
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Do you have a complex training goal that you have always wanted to work on with your dog but don't know how to begin? There are a myriad of possibilities for training, but sometimes people get overwhelmed by where to begin and never reach their goal...
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Retrieve and Frisbee are two great training exercises to work on with your dog. As always, focus on keeping your dog engaged and interested in each session instead of getting stressed out about finishing the final behavior in one session. Have fun with it and ask questions in my Forums if you need more help....
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I just returned from Boulder, Colorado from a vacation with my wife and was blown away by the beauty and the nature. I was especially impressed with their forward-thinking Voice and Sight Control program that they implemented in 2006. There are designated...
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Stubborn is used frequently to describe dogs that don’t perform a task that is asked of them. Maybe the dog is pulling on his leash, maybe he doesn’t lie down when cued, or maybe he lies down when you he was asked to “Sit”. I think it is much easier to call a dog stubborn than to get at the root of the problem.
One of my areas of expertise as a positive reinforcement dog trainer is motivating a dog to do something without the use of fear or pain. That takes much more skill and thought than physical means such as mindlessly jerking a dog around. But, if you know some simple strategies to get started I think you will find it is not as daunting as a task as you might think – and more effective. ...
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This is a really fun trick to teach. There are many steps involved, so just focus on improving a bit more each session. Eventually you will achieve the final behavior! This behavior might take a couple sessions, or it could take much longer. I always...
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If you missed any of my shows, you can listen to any of the archived shows. If you select more than one show, make sure you pause the previous show or they will both play at the same time. Enjoy!
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Every dog gets distracted by something. Beagles are often called "noses with tails" because their sense of smell is so amazing that they can completely lose touch with everything and follow their noses outside. Springer Spaniels can be so obsessed...
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I always stress the importance of consistency and want to make sure you know what that means, and why it is so important. Animals Learn Patterns Dogs, people, cheetahs, leopards, elephants, zebras – it doesn’t matter which animal you are taking about...
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If you are a savvy trainer, you can teach your dog to do behaviors on cue that are initiated by a change in the environment that happens naturally or that is part of your normal daily pattern. Unless you are working on a sophisticated trick, the reason...
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