Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hessartthedogguy@yahoo.comGuest Contributor :Dr. Patricia McConnellwww.PatriciaMcConnell.com. Considering Another Dog? There is a lot to think about when considering adding another dog to your household, whether you currently have one dog, or an entire pack. Here are some of the most important things to ponder if another dog might
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Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hessartthedogguy@yahoo.com Little Things Means a Lot Our dogs already know how to come, sit, down, etc. so the training process really is communicating to the dog the how, what, where and when stuff. Since training is twenty percent technique and timing and eighty percent repetition, often a
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Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hessartthedogguy@yahoo.com Vocal Communication – Your Vocabulary Dogs are capable of learning to understand more than 200 words and you will develop your own way of carrying on a conversation. In addition to the importance of the tone of your voice and the use of your body language
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Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hessartthedogguy@yahoo.com Keep it Easy, Simple and Fun My records show that with a New Year comes an increase in people enrolling in dog classes. In addition to the usual sit, down, stay, come, and heel I’d like to share some personal observations to make your training efforts
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Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hessartthedogguy@yahoo.com Breaking News!! There is no Alpha Dog That’s right fellow “dog people.” There is no Alpha dog nor is there a Beta dog. Your responsibility as a loving, caring, dog person is to be a Dog Manager 100% of the time. That’s right you and only
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Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hessartthedogguy@yahoo.com Keep a Tally! During a recent class, a student said his dog just has a stubborn streak and will ignore him when he calls him. I asked what he did about this and he said mostly he raised his voice and called a few more times
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Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hessartthedogguy@yahoo.com The Treat Since we use positive reward based training, the treat is an important tool in our training. It is firstly a lure to move the dog into a position or through an action, hence it must be highly aromatic, and next it is offered as
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Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hessartthedogguy@yahoo.com Tips and Ideas Wikipedia says this about dog training: Dog training is the application of behavior analysis which uses the environmental events of antecedents and consequences to modify the behavior of a dog, either for it to assist in specific activities or undertake particular tasks, or
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Anyone Can Train Their Dog By Art Hessartthedogguy@yahoo.com Working in the Street A while back I was working with a seven month old German Shepherd male who was well past his basics and we were into what I like to think of as “working in the street.” Once the dog understands and performs the
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