Cathy: Well, it’s something that comes up in certain kinds of cases that I work. I work a lot of aggression cases, and so it’s always something that is sitting in the back of my mind, but also, I found, in the back of clients’ minds, where they start to wonder, “What are my options?” And with any dog behavior issue, you really have five options.
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There’s a reason why a lot of puppies are taken to a shelter at about nine to eleven months. Even with adequate management, training, and socialization, adolescent dogs can be a bit much.
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I found Rosie on Petfinder at 3 am in the morning. It was one of the many, many moments since 2020 when I’ve watched the world continue to spiral while feeling pretty helpless myself.
I looked at Dobermans, Rottweilers, German Shepherds, and Belgian Malinois. I found a few to apply for, and only got a call back for one: a 2.5-year-old Belgian Malinois named Rosie.
Katie Kasten: “We at Pet Partners are very strong with our handlers during their training and then with continuing education, that handlers have to be advocates for their animals. They do talk to us in their body language and in how they say things very clearly to us. We need to be perceptive as humans in listening to them.”
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Hallie Wells: “I think what’s important for me with assistance dogs–so that covers the realm of service dogs and guide dogs–is that there are so many different aspects of it, and it’s not just cookie cutter training. Not that training ever is, but there might be someone that needs autism support, but they also might need light guiding tasks, or there might be someone who has a psychiatric service dog, but they also need some counterbalance support. So, I really love that you can really customize the dog training and the service dog training to suit their partner’s needs and accommodate what they’re looking for to gain that independence and have that partnership with their service dog.”
Hallie Wells: “There was initially pushback, and I think it was just based on fear of not knowing. Whether it was from my volunteers or my staff, we just kind of faced that confrontation and those fears head on. Like yeah, ‘I know this is hard. It’s scary. It’s extremely difficult to change your skillset.’ But once people started noticing that they were able to tell their dog ‘Yes’ and give them information more and do it through a positive manner, they noticed their puppies were learning things faster. They were adapting to unfamiliar stimuli a lot faster. They were also learning a lot more about their dog’s body language and becoming more aware of their dog and their behavior.”
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How to Train Drop It Before you begin, condition a marker word or a clicker before you add the cue. You should have some indicator of letting your dog know that what they did is correct and a reward is coming. Drop it means please release that item in your mouth. I learned using a
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How to Train Recall or “Come” To start training a recall or “come” cue, condition a marker word or a clicker before you add the cue. You should have some indicator of letting your dog know that what they did is correct and a reward is coming. Then, start with a very short distance in
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