Meet Inky! + Potty Training Tips And some collaborations, classes are starting back up, with more to come Things are slowly getting going over here at Telltail Dog Training. I’m looking to start classes back up in June and gradually add back in private lessons. All classes will be no more than eight people at […]
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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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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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Training Methodologies Projection, practice, and patience “Maybe,” she said with a shrug. It wasn’t a dismissive shrug or a patronizing shrug, I realized as I stood in her farmhouse kitchen, where I was trying to figure out a definitive answer to the cause of a behavioral problem. Nicole Skeehan owns Philly Unleashed, a dog training
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The Other Dog I Didn’t Want What to do when you really don’t want the dog She’s shredded walls and doors more times than we can count at the moment. Sonar first arrived at my sister’s house eight months ago, very much still a puppy but quite large. She belongs to my sister’s boyfriend, and
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What you see, staring a dog down in a kennel, is most likely not what you will see when you take the dog out of the environment. There will always be a transition period, of course (see my previous article on Maslow, who came from a foster), but there’s more going on than what’s possible to take in all at once.
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These rules helped guide and manage Maslow’s behavior while keeping everyone safe, even from an accidental whoops, like him not realizing how strong he is.
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