ORCA conference at UNT 2014

ORCA conference: Register now!

Early registration ends tomorrow for the 6th annual Art and Science of Animal Training Conference, which will be held March 22 in Denton, Texas. This is going to be a fantastic conference and I can’t wait for it! The conference is getting close to being sold out. So, if you’re thinking about going, I encourage […]

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Wordless Wednesday: New friends (part 2)

(Almost) Wordless Wednesday Henry, my little foster dog, has been working on making new friends.  Here’s a great photo I captured of Henry and Emily. Henry met Emily at the end of last week and warmed up to her pretty fast! Right before I took this photo, He jumped up into her lap to get some […]

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Henry and his new toy

Henry learns to lie down (video)

In addition to making new friends, Henry and I have been working on basic obedience behaviors, including sit, down, eye contact, come, go to bed (go into his crate), and more. Henry’s a fast learner and seems to enjoy the training! This past week, we started working on down. This actually was very difficult for […]

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Henry and Regan

Henry makes a new friend

I recently wrote about Henry, the little Chihuahua mix that has been staying with me. Henry’s been with me about a week and a half now and he’s gotten much more comfortable with my apartment and our daily routine. We’ve even started working on a handful of basic behaviors, including sit, down, come, and eye […]

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I’m a full member!

I recently received notice that I am now a full member of ABAI, the Association for Behavior Analysis International. If you’re not familiar with ABAI, it is a professional organization for behavior analysts. ABAI’s mission is to contribute to the well-being of society by developing, enhancing, and supporting the growth and vitality of the science […]

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Henry and his new toy

Introducing Henry

I have a pup named Henry who is staying with me this week. I’ll be fostering Henry and working with him to help him learn lots of good behaviors. Henry is a cute little Chihuahua mix that belongs to one of our local rescue groups, DFW Pup Patrol. I met him because he spent some […]

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