by BARKS from the Guild | Nov 17, 2020 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians
By Andrea Carne The Star Trek character Spock once said: “Logic clearly dictates that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Or the one.” (Meyer, 1982). This movie quote popped into my mind upon reading the...
by BARKS from the Guild | Nov 3, 2020 | Pet Guardians, PPG Summit, Shelter & Rescue, Training
By Gloria Schmidt *This post is the Pet Professional Guild runner up entry in our Geek Week 2020 Writers’ Competition* Back in 2011, I had accepted a job at St. Jude Children’s Research hospital that required moving to a new...
by Daniel Antolec | Dec 11, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Pet Guardians, Training
It may be tempting for parents to get a puppy for their kids as a special Christmas gift. We have probably all seen TV programs and holiday movies where that scene played out joyfully on screen. And there was always …
by Daniel Antolec | Aug 19, 2019 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Pet Guardians, Training
Recently I read a Kindle book on the subject of house training a dog, written by Alexandra Santos. I recognized her from a Pet Professional Guild webinar I attended on August 6, 2019 titled Fear Learning and How to Work …
by Eileen Anderson | Sep 20, 2018 | Animal Behavior, Learning Theory, Training
Zani learns to ring the bells This post is for the people who have tried–and failed–to teach their dogs to ring a bell to go outside. I suspect there are a lot of bell ringing failures out there. Not that...
