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These are the photos. In this section you’ll find lots of great photos of some of the dogs, horses, rats, and other animals that I train and love. I hope they make you laugh and smile!

clicker training puppies at a veterinary clinic

Wordless Wednesday: Smart pups!

Last week’s wordless Wednesday photo featured some Canadian school children who were learning about clicker training at a young age. This week’s photo is another group of lucky youngsters who are getting an early start learning about positive training. Veterinarian Tracy Johnson sent me this GREAT photo of a litter of pups who recently visited […]

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joy malin and charlie

Pet portraits that help pets in need

I’ve been chatting some with Joy Malin, a professional artist from New York City. Joy is both an artist, specializing in oils, and an art instructor, teaching students about painting and the fundamentals of art. She is also the owner and director of Malin Fine Art, an independent fine art brokerage firm. Joy has always […]

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Many examples of animals trained with clicker training and other positive reinforcement training methods

If we can teach wild animals….

Have you seen Lili Chin’s latest poster? It’s inspired by this great quote from Ted Turner (behaviorist and head trainer at Sea World): “If you can teach a whale to pee in a cup, you can train your dog without punishment.” The illustration features twelve great examples of wild animals who have been trained to […]

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Wordless Wednesday: Roy needs a home!

On (almost) Wordless Wednesdays, I often feature rescued animal in north Texas. Remember Lilli, who was competing in the Extreme Mutt Makeover? I attended the final competition this past weekend. It was awesome seeing how much the shelter dogs had learned, with just six weeks of training. Many of the dogs from the competition have […]

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