On a recent beautiful autumn morning (I'm writing from Tasmania, Australia), my wife and I took our daughter, Charlotte, on an outing to the park. There were half a dozen other kids there, all scrambling over the fort and slide together.
Humans
Podcast: How to Motivate Yourself to Train or Exercise Your Dog—Or Do Practically Anything Else!
By Aidan Bindoff on 08/01/2008Listen to Aidan's podcast (available at the bottom of the page) to find out more about How to Motivate Yourself to Train or Exercise Your Dog—Or Do Practically Anything Else! Read the original article here.
Summer Fun
By Karen Pryor on 07/08/2008I've always been interested in play. Science doesn't explain it very well, or it's explained as something young animals do to practice future skills. But that definition doesn't cover every kind of play, and it doesn't explain why it's so much fun, so reinforcing in itself.
An Update: Books, Movies, Glamour—and the Canary
By Karen Pryor on 05/13/2008When I wrote the first edition of Don't Shoot the Dog, back in the early 1980s, I intended it as a handbook for helping PEOPLE dealing with people.
Podcast: Independents' Day: Challenges Facing Independent Trainers
By Aaron Clayton on 04/01/2008Listen to Aaron 's podcast (available at the bottom of the page) to find out more about what it takes to be an independent trainer. Read the original article here.
