I'm Elizabeth Silverstein of Telltail Dog Training, which is based in the Little Rock area. Every week, I'll be sharing interviews with local experts and my own personal stories of how I became a dog trainer and what I've learned along the way. This week is all about my childhood dog, Sheba. A starting point […]
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Bite risk What dogs taught me about humans I couldn’t stop worrying. I’ve found I have two methods of worry. One is a deep, gut-rooted concern that legitimizes when something actually happens. The other is a shallow fear without any apparent cause. It was the second option that night when I told the manager that
Is she aggressive? Aggressive behaviors and management can be complicated This past weekend, the dog park was empty until another car pulled up. I had my dog, Jeeves, and Sonar, a Malinois and German Shepherd mix. Sonar isn’t mine, but we’ve done some training together, and she recently finished her heartworm treatment, so she needed
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Don’t Feed Your Puppy Grain-Free Food A Conversation about Puppies between a Dog Trainer and a Veterinarian Dr. Marlow Ball, the owner and veterinarian behind SoMa Animal Clinic and Housecalls, opened her house call practice three years ago. She’s worked as a veterinarian for nine years, and she decided to provide a brick and mortar
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Elizabeth Silverstein of Telltail Dog Training remembers bringing home her puppy seven years ago. This was four years before she became a dog trainer, and she wrote down some questions to ask her veterinarian. She found those questions tucked away in a puppy book years later, and she realized that others might not know what
Wait We expect prompt obedience from our dogs, but sometimes they need a second by Elizabeth Silverstein I tell clients all the time to be mindful of how many times they say a training command. “Just once, then wait!” I’ll say in class. It’s one of the hardest issues to be mindful of. We’re human
Three Lessons from My Six Months as a Dog Walker I wasn’t given a lot of tools as a dog walker, but I did start to learn I sat in my car as the sun set. I was almost back to the house where I was renting a room, but I wanted to return the
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Fearful Dogs Why forcing dogs can lead to inappropriate behaviors She was a cute little tan dog, maybe about 40 pounds, named Mouse. I was still new to the farm then, still shadowing training sessions with a more experienced trainer, when she came for a stay. The other trainer explained that we weren’t going to
I’m Not a Dog Whisperer But I can get behaviors from your dog that you might struggle with. Here’s why. I popped a treat in front of the puppy’s nose as I grabbed the leash from the owner. I’d asked if I could demonstrated a training cue, and the owner, visibly frustrated, said yes with
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Doggy Daycares – The Ugly, The Bad, The Good Fantasies of a dog utopia can overshadow the reality of what a dog needs The Ugly I limped out of the back kennel room, convinced my thigh had been shredded. An Australian Shepherd had developed aggression directed only at other dogs already kenneled. I liked this
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