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On this site I share stories of my animal training adventures, information about the science of animal training and behavior, and tips and advice to help you improve your training.

Join me as we explore the best training strategies for creating fast learning, effective communication, and enthusiastic, willing animals.

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~Mary Hunter

Teaching language to dogs

By Mary Hunter on August 1, 2013 in Dog Training, Research Studies

Have you heard of Chaser, the dog who knows 1,000 words? There’s a neat article that was published on the Scientific American blog earlier this week about Chaser and her owner and trainer, Dr. John Pilley. You can find the full article on their site here. Most media reports about Chaser have focused on Chaser’s […]

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Training for performance

By Mary Hunter on July 26, 2013 in Conferences and Clinics, Dog Training

Please visit my conference and seminar notes page for more notes from this seminar. As I’ve mentioned in other posts, I audited a seminar in Dallas earlier this summer with Michele Pouliot. Michele is a very talented dog trainer who has won international competitions in the sport of canine freestyle. She has also worked for […]

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Rambunctious Rover –
Preventing Leash Reactivity

By Mary Hunter on July 19, 2013 in Dog Training

This is a guest post by my friend Ines Gaschot. Ines is a professional dog trainer, blogger, and dog owner. Ines learned firsthand about the difficulties of life with a leash reactive dog when she adopted her dog, Loker. However, because of positive reinforcement training, Ines and Loker have made a ton of progress. Ines […]

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Michele Pouliot Seminar Notes

By Mary Hunter on July 17, 2013 in Conferences and Clinics, Dog Training

Earlier this summer, I had the opportunity to audit a two day seminar with dog trainer Michele Pouliot. The seminar was hosted by Dog City Training Center, in Addison, Texas. Michele is a very talented dog trainer who has won international competitions in the sport of canine freestyle. She also has worked for almost four […]

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Would you bet me fifty dollars?

By Mary Hunter on July 14, 2013 in Concepts and Terms

Please visit my conference and seminar notes page for more notes from this seminar. Earlier this summer, I had the chance to audit a seminar in Dallas with dog trainer Michele Pouliot. If you’re not familiar with Michele, I encourage you to check out her website. Michele is a very talented dog trainer who has […]

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Using breaks to improve your training

By Mary Hunter on July 10, 2013 in Concepts and Terms

How do you structure your training sessions? How long is each session? Do you take breaks during the session, or just train continuously? We had an interesting discussion about this recently on one of the online horse clicker training groups. This was one of the replies I wrote to the group and I thought it […]

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