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~Mary Hunter

Wordless Wednesday: Star is a happy girl!

By Mary Hunter on June 18, 2014 in Fun Photos

This is my current foster dog, Star. She’s a happy pup, but I know she will be even happier once she finds a forever home to call her own! Here’s more info about her, for any of you folks in the north Texas area. June has been a whirlwind of activity so far. It’s taken […]

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Shaping games, conferences and a new dog

By Mary Hunter on May 31, 2014 in Conferences and Clinics

I spent five days over Memorial Day weekend in Chicago for the 40th annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI). As always, I had a wonderful time at the ABAI convention. I got to see lots of great presentations, catch up with lots of old friends, make some new friends, give a […]

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Michele Pouliot Seminar Snippets: Details Matter!

By Mary Hunter on May 21, 2014 in Conferences and Clinics, Dog Training

Note: This post is a bit of a “blast from the past.” These notes were originally posted last summer on a different website, which unfortunately no longer exists. So, I am making them available here. I hope you enjoy them, this was a great seminar and I’ve tried to capture some of the highlights in […]

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Henry finds a home

By Mary Hunter on May 19, 2014 in Dog Training

I’ve posted several times over the past few months about Henry, my cute little 12 pound foster dog. When I first started fostering Henry in February, he had quite a few behavior issues. He was very fearful around strangers and would bark and growl at new people. Henry would also growl and start fights if […]

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Henry and the egg carton

By Mary Hunter on May 14, 2014 in Dog Training, Enrichment Ideas

My foster dog Henry usually goes to work with me. But, I was off today and also had a few appointments away from the house, so he spent most of the day at home sleeping. This evening, we went for a nice walk. However, when we got back home, Henry still had plenty of energy! […]

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Clicker training in the news!

By Mary Hunter on April 25, 2014 in Other Species

Many of you who read my blog have probably heard of ORCA (The Organization for Reinforcement Contingencies with Animals). ORCA is a graduate student organization in the department of behavior analysis at the University of North Texas. It conducts projects and research on animal behavior and training and also organizes and hosts the yearly Art […]

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