I had some extra time to do some dog training with Ginger, my parent’s Brittany, when I was at their house for several days over the Thanksgiving holiday. One behavior that we have been working on perfecting is Ginger’s “Leave It” cue. The value of a great “Leave it” cue Leave it is such a […]
I recently finished reading Dr. John W. Pilley’s new book, Chaser: Unlocking the genius of the dog who knows a thousand words (view on Amazon). You might have heard of Chaser; over the past couple of years she has appeared on NBC’s Today Show, ABC’s World News, and PBS’s Nova ScienceNow, as well as in […]
Thanks to all who entered last week’s book giveaway for a copy of The Possibility Dogs! I used random.org to selected a commenter, and the random number generator selected comment number 6, which was Mary from Maryland. I’ve contacted Mary and she’ll be receiving a copy of the book in the mail later this week. […]
Positive reinforcement trainers usually rely on several different methods to train new behaviors. This includes (but is not limited to) shaping, capturing, and luring. Capturing is often described as waiting for the behavior to happen, then rewarding it when it does. The idea is to teach the animal that the behavior “pays off.” Once the […]
North Texas got hit by quite an ice storm last night and early this morning! Check out this photo of downtown Denton that one of my friends posted on Facebook this morning. This was taken about half a mile from where I live. We didn’t really get any snow — most of the white stuff […]
We had some pretty nice weather recently, so my mom and I went for lunch one day to a local café that has outdoor seating. And, we took Ginger dog with us! Ginger had a grand time and hopes that we will do this again soon. (Being in Texas, we have more “nice weather” days […]
