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BARKS Podcast with Barbara Hodel of Goodog Positive Dog Training
Join Niki Tudge and PPG Canine Committee chair Judy Luther as they Chat and Chuckle with Barbara Hodel of Goodog Positive Dog Training in Bayview, New South Wales, Australia about all things Teen Dog!
All dogs (and humans) have to go through the teenage phase to reach the stability of ...
Welcoming a New Puppy – Ensuring a Happy and Successful Future Together
Welcoming a new pup into your household should be a time of absolute pure joy - he or she is a new family member after all, but sometimes it just turns into something akin to pure chaos, which ...
Dog Parks: The Good, the Bad, and the Reality
By Rachel Brix
The Experimental Dog Park at Ohlone Park in Berkley, California, which is generally acknowledged as the first leash-free American dog park, was created in 1979. Since then dogs ...
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Reading List for Dog Owners
When I got my first dog in 1983 I knew nothing about living with dogs, so naturally I got a puppy. Needless to say I knew even less about raising a puppy. Samantha relied upon me to teach her, and I relied upon the only source available at the time: a book.
If there were local dog ...
Human vs. Canine Behavior: A Brief Comparison
By Joanne Ometz
“The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog.” - Mark Twain
This quote has become ubiquitous. It is on coffee mugs, bumper stickers, and T-shirts. But why do so many people feel this way about members of our own species? And why do we attribute such high standards ...
BARKS Podcast with David Shade – August 1, 2018
Guest: David Shade of At Attention Dog Training; United States military veteran.
Topics: Shade's articles in BARKS, The Best I Can Be and Lulu's Lottery: Life Lessons from a Boxer, that detail his journey, which started out using aversive methods, to becoming the force-free trainer he is ...
Ask Your Dog Questions – Overshadowing 2
By Yvette Van Veen
How to ask your dog questions…overshadowing part two.
My last blog introduced the concept of overshadowing by offering a simple example to illustrate the point. For an explanation of the concept, you can read that blog here. But that basic understanding doesn’t go far ...
Get A Successful Start—Today and Every Day
By Veronica Boutelle
As small business owners we live with never-ending to-do lists and a constant frustration that there aren’t more hours in the day. While we can’t do anything about that last complaint, it turns out that how we use the first hour of each day can significantly improve the ...
Managing Expectations
A wonderful Australian study published July 6 looks at the expectations of potential dog adopters and considers them in light of the potential adopters' previous dog ownership experience (or lack thereof). It's a nice look at what people are thinking as they contemplate adopting a dog and ...
BARKS Podcast “Let’s Opinionate” with Veronica Boutelle & Gina Phairas – July 19, 2018
Guests: Veronica Boutelle & Gina Phairas of PPG Corporate Partner dogbiz.
Topics: Would you like some tips on how to successfully grow your business? Get some tips from the experts at dogbiz! Listen here.
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Multinational Canine Behaviour Modification
Over the last two years or so, my behaviour practice has welcomed more and more dogs from overseas. Sometimes these are canines with profound behavioural difficulties. I have always assisted several imported dogs per year but there seems to have been an explosion of dogs from a variety of ...
Does Ignoring an Unwanted Behavior Really Work?
By Debbie Bauer
I often hear the advice given to ignore the behavior we don't like and it will go away. But is this really true? In my experience, and in the experience of many others, ignoring a behavior does not cause it to go away. In many instances, ignoring can even cause the ...