Napi's second reactive dog class went much, much better than the first one did. As before, when we entered the building, he piloe...

One of the most important things we can teach an animal is to cooperate with us humans. This is especially important for animals in zoolo...

It has been about six weeks since Maisy started showing signs of thunder phobia. Hard to believe, really- she's made some amzaing progre...

A few weeks ago, I was approached by MrChewy.com , who asked me to review their site in exchange for some free products. The timing couldn’t...

What is the difference between desensitization and counter-conditioning? While the concepts of desensitization and counter-conditioning are ...

Classical counter conditioning is a great foundation for working with a reactive dog. It's also very easy to do: a scary thing happens, ...

Pretty much all dog training is based on some form of conditioning, either operant or classical . Since classical techniques tend to be les...

Maisy hates things that move under her feet, and she's not too fond of strange noises, either, so when I heard about this session on bui...

Using desensitization and counter-conditioning, Maisy has learned to be  comfortable in the presence of other dogs- even ones she doesn'...

Awhile back , I described a "dude incident," in which Maisy rushed towards a man and circled his legs, nipping (but not making co...

One of the greatest misconceptions of positive reinforcement/clicker training (R+ for short) is that it is permissive. Often, R+ training is...

Maisy has now been on the increased dose of paroxetine for 6 weeks. After the awesome logs two weeks ago , the behavior logs this week didn...

Click! Good Trainer! Last time , I admitted that I hadn’t done any of the counter-conditioning that the veterinary behaviorist and I agreed ...

Maisy sleeping at my parents' house. I still can't get over it. Maisy has been on her increased dose of paroxetine for two weeks now...

On Retrieves and Jackpots Maisy still doesn’t have a formal obedience retrieve, and while we may never get the opportunity to use one, I sti...

Maisy had her eight week re-check with Dr. Duxbury , her board-certified veterinary behaviorist, on Monday. This appointment lasted longer ...