Canine Nation
Discussions on a modern approach to understanding and living with our dogs.
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Are Positive Dog Trainers Positively Pushy?
Not so long ago, my enthusiasm for what I had ...
Not so long ago, my enthusiasm for what I had learned about positive training and behavioural science turned me into an evangelist for modern training. But is pushing my training philosophy any more acceptable than pushing political or religious beliefs?
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Disobedient Dogs – Does Being “Bad” Pay Off?
Our dogs don’t always do what we ask of them. ...
Our dogs don’t always do what we ask of them. Sometimes it can seem that they even enjoy being bad. But is this really the case? The science of behaviour, both canine and human, tell a very different story.
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Training Your Dog – Failing Toward Success
Good training can’t happen without failures but too many can ...
Good training can’t happen without failures but too many can make it frustrating and no fun for either the human or the dog. If failures are going to happen, why not learn from them and use them to make things better?
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Dogs, Memory, and Learning – Why History Is Important
Every time we work with our dog, the history of ...
Every time we work with our dog, the history of all of our experiences with this dog follow us. For better or for worse, our dog remembers. Your dog’s expectations of you and your time together will depend on how you have shaped those memories.
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Dog Training From Start to Finished
Most dog owners make more or less effort to train ...
Most dog owners make more or less effort to train their dogs. If they are like me, they first learned to train dogs by rote. By that I mean, you followed some particular recipe for getting the dog to do what you wanted and at some point it was "train...
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Two Important Words of Dog Training Advice
Training our dogs can be fun and frustrating, both for ...
Training our dogs can be fun and frustrating, both for us and our dogs. Humans and dogs have very different responses when progress goes slowly or in an unexpected direction. How we, as humans, respond to those frustrating moments can have a large im...
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Defending Your Dog
Managing your dog when out in the world is just ...
Managing your dog when out in the world is just as important as training your dog to be a "good citizen." Sometimes we can't anticipate all that the world can throw at our dogs and if they behave inappropriately, it could land you in serious trouble.
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Frustrated Fido: Understanding People Isn’t Easy
Good communication with our dogs relies on positive reinforcement, consistency ...
Good communication with our dogs relies on positive reinforcement, consistency and fairness. When that breaks down, our dogs can get frustrated with us. They can't be sure what we're asking and they risk being scolded for not complying with our cues ...
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Demystifying the Behaviour of Dogs: Notes From A Different Path
When we went through our difficulties with our dog Vince ...
When we went through our difficulties with our dog Vince ten years ago, I’m not sure I understood what a life-changing experience it would be. It can be a difficult and scary thing to leave behind the things you thought you knew and try something new...
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Finding Out the Truth About Your Dog
Audio edition of the article Finding Out the Truth About ...
Audio edition of the article Finding Out the Truth About Your Dog from the Life As A Human online magazine website. You can visit Life a a Human to find this and other articles. - We make a lot of assumptions about dogs. We pass them one. And,
