My Pet Trainer -- Training Articles

21 Days of Guidelines

Aggression – Always an Indicator Your Dog Needs Help

Aggression on Leash

Always Remember This Step When Potty Training

And Then He Had an A-Ha Moment

Anthropomorphism

Be a Leader Not an Alpha

Bedtime Whining

Bite Inhibition

Common House Training Issues

Cruising in the Car

Destructo Dog

Development Stages of Your Dog

Direct Eye Contact

Does Your Dog Dream?

Dog Owner's Prayer

Dog Vision

Dog-to-Dog … Getting to Know You

Dogs Aren't Mind Readers

Dominance Folklore

Don't Wait Until Your Dog Becomes Seriously Aggressive

Excitement & Submissive Urination

Fireworks – The Scary Season

Growling is Good

Guilty! My Dog Knows She Did Something Wrong!

Handling Exercises

Help! My Dog is an Adolescent!

Hopelessly Devoted to You

How an Experiment Becomes a Habit

How Long Before My Puppy is Trained?

How to Use a KONG Toy

I Don't Have the Time to Practice!

Is It the Dog's Behavior or Is It Your Behavior?

It's Important to Teach Impulse Control

Learned Helplessness – A False Sense of Security

Manipulating Your Dog into Position

More than a Six-Week Class

Negative Punishment? Positive Punishment? What's the Difference?

NILIF

No to No

Pitfalls of Puppy's First Weeks

Playing Tug-of-War

Positive Reinforcement vs Why-Don't-We-Train-like-We-Used-To?

Puppies & Distractions

Puppies Don't Know How to Generalize

Puppies Got Short, Little Legs & Won't Lay Down

Rewards Beyond Food

Stress Reducing Pheromone Therapy

Structured Exercise & Play Time Rules

Success By Association

Teaching Consequences

The Biggest Mistakes That People Make

The Dominance Saga … The Alpha Role

The Heart of Positive Reinforcement

The Name Game

The Power of the Extinction Burst

The Three D's of Dog Training # 1 – Introduction

The Three D's of Dog Training # 2 – Duration

The Three D's of Dog Training # 3 – Distraction

The Three D's of Dog Training # 4 – Distance

Thorndike's Law of Effect

Through a Dog's Eye

Thunderstorm Fear

Training for YOUR Dog's Temperament

Tune in to Your Dog – The Importance of Observation

Two Sides to Every Behavior

Understanding Pica

Unsupervised Children at Most Risk for Dog Bites

Using Aversives

Using Body Blocking

What is Bloat?

What is Positive Reinforcement?

What Your Puppy Sees

What's the Fastest Way to Get my Dog Trained?

When is a Dog 100% Reliable Off Leash?

When it Comes to Tails, Does Length Matter?

Where Does Your Learning Come From?

Why "No" Isn't Enough

Why Does My Dog Have Whiskers

Your Dog is Your Mirror

Your Puppy's Body Language

Understanding My Pet