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mehpenn
New Lab won't eat unless I'm standing next to her?
We know nothing about this dog, as she was found wandering around by the person we got her from. She's very sweet, a great house dog, leash trained.... it's obvious she belonged to someone, at some point who cared for her. But we don't know how long ago that has been. When the guy we...
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LAST POST: ON: Mon, Sep 6 2010 7:19 PM
spiritdogs
Training Dogs With Dunbar Clip
Lordy, how many times have I heard newbie pet owners say to me that their dogs are soooo smart because they know hand signals???? I've been reviewing the Ian Dunbar books and tapes that I have, as I'm going to his three day seminar soon (Science Based Training with Feeling). On the "Training...
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LAST POST: ON: 9/5/2010 8:31:32 AM
catterbrained
Cat person wanting to understand dogs more!
Hi, was surfing the net looking for dog psychology info and found this site. Spotted a post about not liking dogs, along with several dozen replies. While I'm addicted to cats, I can appreciated dogs. There have been a few I've been fond of, such as Taffy and Buttons from my growing-up years...
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Sep 4 2010 10:24 AM
Lee Charles Kelley
Does Your Dog Have "Ah-hah!" Moments?
And if so, do you think they're the same kinds of ah-hah moments that 2-year-old kids have? My latest article for PsychologyToday.com. "Do Dogs & Cows Have the Same Kind of A-Hah Moments as 2-Year-Old Kids?" http://ow.ly/2xBg1
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Sep 4 2010 10:05 AM
Jewlieee
Control Unleashed progress
for some background: Abbie is leash reactive and a super high, over the top anxiety dog. Her anxiety is so high that whenever we go any place new, she is constantly scanning the environment around her for possible threats. She whines and whimpers and has a hair trigger during these times. She's not...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, Aug 24 2010 10:58 AM
GloriaGM
7-month old GSD biting
My Mom and I have a 7-month old German Shepherd (just over 50 lbs.); for the most part Nikita is pretty good however she has this thing with biting. Whenever I went to my Mom's when Nikita was 3-4 months old, she used to jump and bite when I would come in the house. I started ignoring her and the...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Aug 22 2010 8:17 PM
faerieosity
Elder German Shepherd -- Behavior Problem or Physical Problem?
Hi All, I beg you not to judge me. I am really going out of my mind. I have tried posting on another forum and was just bashed over and over. That was not helpful! Here is the situation. My boyfriend has a German Shepherd, she is 13 1/2 years old. For the last two + years she has been going potty...
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LAST POST: ON: Sun, Aug 22 2010 5:07 PM
JackieG
Psychologically starving/thirsty puppy
The puppy I found a month ago, Gabby, has, from the moment I found her, been desperately seeking food and water. She is approximately 12 weeks old. She was malnourished when I found her and had ringworm, intestinal parasites, fleas, many ant bites and generally in poor condition. She is over the ringworm...
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LAST POST: ON: Thu, Aug 19 2010 2:14 PM
Burl
Aggressively Peanut
Hello I have posted photos of our three female mix breeds (click ‘Burl’ and then ‘Photos’). All came from CAAWS, our Baton Rouge no-kill shelter. We have been having occasional aggression flare-up clashes started by Peanut (a beagle/german shepherd? mix) since two years back when she was three. These...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, Aug 18 2010 5:37 PM
4HAND
Sooner or Later?
This is purely for future reference.We have a pack of 3 here and that seems a comfortable number for us.I Know that at the point we lose our old girl there may be some redistribution in the pack order.Personally I would rather take a good bit of time before growing our pack again.My question is this...
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LAST POST: ON: Wed, Aug 18 2010 3:19 PM
spiritdogs
Sausage Trees...
If you have a predatory dog that chases rabbits, cars, kids on skateboards, anything that moves, you really should read Clarissa von Reinhardt's new book, "Chase! Managing Your Dog's Predatory Instincts" Even though I don't know Clarissa, nor have I ever read anything else by her...
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, Aug 17 2010 9:46 AM
georgie4682
Trainer/behaviorist question
Not sure if this should be here or in training, it sort of has to do with both. As I've mentioned before Finn has issues with meeting new people. He will not let a new person touch him, in fact he will bark and lunge at them (however he has never tried to bite). I have to be very careful with...
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LAST POST: ON: Mon, Aug 16 2010 10:27 PM
crysania
Tillie's Tuggies
I wasn't sure whether to put this under toys or equipment as she sells both, but I thought I'd put it here. In training class a couple weeks ago, our trainer saw that my dog loved to play tug with her leash. It's a sort of self-rewarding behavior for her and it gets her really amped up and...
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LAST POST: ON: Mon, Aug 16 2010 5:42 PM
Lee Charles Kelley
Kanzi the Bonobo, Marc Hauser & Charlie Rose
Normal 0 0 1 77 442 3 1 542 11.1287 0 0 0   Hi dog lovers! Check out my latest article for Psychology Today: "The Week in Dognitive Science: Kanzi, Marc Hauser, & Charlie Rose" http://ow.ly/2pqcB "Before...
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LAST POST: ON: 8/14/2010 10:30:24 AM
Lee Charles Kelley
Marc Hauser, Head of Harvard's Canine Cognition Lab, Accused of Scientific...
Marc Hauser, who up until a few days ago was heading the Canine Cognition Lab at Harvard, has been accused of misrepresenting his results in at least one key paper on animal cognition, which reported an ability in tamarin monkeys to generalize patterns the way human infants do when learning language...
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LAST POST: ON: Sat, Aug 14 2010 9:28 AM
shamrockmommy
Neat No-pull harness
Of course no affliliation, but since Echo is like a plowhorse on any other collar and leash, I just tried the Holt control collar and.. it kindof works. I was surfing around and found www.xtremepetproducts.com and on the left is the No-pull training harness. Looks very similar to Holt but it seems...
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LAST POST: ON: 8/12/2010 12:12:07 AM
Lee Charles Kelley
Why Do Some Dogs Act "Sneaky?"
Hi everybody, In a recent blog article at PsychologyToday.com, Dr. Marc Bekoff has said that dogs have what's called a Theory of Mind, a theoretical construct used by cognitive researchers to determine where a particular species' forms of cognition lie on the evolutionary and psychological scale...
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LAST POST: ON: 8/11/2010 2:59:36 PM
spiritdogs
Muzzle Training
I'm curious how many of you have trained your dogs to wear a muzzle. This is something I recommend, although few students take me up on it. Even if you have the most placid dog in the world, the possibility exists that the dog could someday be injured, and that muzzle training may come in handy....
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LAST POST: ON: Tue, Aug 10 2010 11:52 PM
spiritdogs
Safety Collars
I don't like dogs without collars. People are notoriously lazy when it comes to returning a dog they think is a stray if they like the dog and want to believe that you didn't care for it properly. So, having a collar with a tag is important, even if your dog is home (what if there is a fire,...
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LAST POST: ON: Mon, Aug 9 2010 10:46 PM
Jupiter
How do you train? Tell me everything you think/know/do.
The title says it all. :) I'm particularly interested in the idea that to "really" do +R training, you need to never say "no", ever. No matter how gently. Like, even when the dog's in the act of, say getting into the garbage. The clickertraining book I have right now advocates...
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LAST POST: ON: Mon, Aug 9 2010 7:52 AM