Training
Recall, lead work, settling, handling and the daily five minutes that decide how easy a dog is to live with.
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16 articles
The dog that barks and lunges on the lead
Every full episode sets the training back, which is why management comes before anything else.
Cues in a multilingual household
Three words for one behaviour is three times the work, and the dog is not being difficult.
Jumping up: fixing the greeting
You are not teaching the dog to stop jumping. You are teaching it what to do instead.
A twelve-week training plan for a new dog
If the dog fails twice in a row, the exercise was too hard. Go back a stage.
The dog that eats everything off the pavement
Chasing your dog to retrieve something teaches it to swallow faster next time.
Teaching a settle, the most useful thing a flat dog can learn
A stay is obedience. A settle is a state, and you pay the state rather than the position.
Playing with your dog, and the rules that make it useful
What tug really teaches is switching from high excitement to stillness on a cue.
The front door: barking, deliveries and escapes
The courier always leaves. From the dog's side, barking appears to work every single time.
Teaching a dog to accept handling before it needs it
Allowing the dog to end the session is what makes it tolerate more, not less.
Crate training without the guilt
A crate is either the best thing in the house or a box the dog is locked in. The difference is entirely in how it is introduced.
Harness, lead and collar: what to buy and what to avoid
A Y-harness, a two-metre double-ended lead, a tagged collar and a long line cover everything.
Lead pulling: fixing it without gadgets
Your dog pulls because pulling works. Every single time, it has worked.
Building a recall you can actually rely on
Your dog comes back in the garden. That is not recall. That is a dog with nothing better to do.
Trimming your dog's nails at home
One nail a day is a complete session. Most nail phobias were built in one bad afternoon.
Running with your dog, safely
Dogs do not pace themselves for you. That is the entire risk.
Dominance, alphas and other advice to ignore
A theory that explains every behaviour explains none of them.
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Dogs being dogs, in every season.
The practical reading is above. This part is just for the pleasure of it.
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