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Training a crab to ring a bell..again

... pack for me to sign. Lily is 17. She has been clicker training dogs since she was ten, and now teaches public obedience classes. She read my ...

Blog entry - Karen Pryor - 2009/08/20 - 9:48pm - 1 comment

On Embroidery & Poisoned Cues

One thing about studying behavior and OC, it messes with your whole perspective on everything. In my other life, my non-dog hobby is costuming.  A couple of years ago I purchased a sewing machine with embroidery attachment to help my group produce m ...

Blog entry - Laura VanArendo... - 2009/10/07 - 12:17am - 1 comment

Online Discussion with Karen Pryor: Clicker Training in the Shelter Environment

... So, i was surfing the web to find information on clicker training. Im picking up my new puppy next week and I think I would like to invest a lot of time into training him properly but the pupil is only as good as his teacher and frankly ... whew! (Just for Shelters, Other Announcements, Dogs, Cats, Small Pets) ...

Story - KPCT - 2006/11/02 - 8:09am - 1 comment - 0 attachments

Not A Good Weekend

... my right hand while we were heeling.  (It's tough training alone...!) But, hunting season is fast approaching, and apparently ...

Blog entry - Laura VanArendo... - 2009/10/05 - 9:16am - 0 comments

Bitework & Society

... safety.  Is it not true, it was suggested, that bitework training creates a dog which will more readily bite a human aggressively and ... just that -- good training. Both my bitework-trained dogs also tested successfully for therapy work.  Picture my dog lying on the ...

Blog entry - Laura VanArendo... - 2009/09/08 - 2:27am - 2 comments

We know we're reaching people when...

... and I said "Your dog would do great with clicker training." With that she picked up a shock collar controller from her lap ... the graduate! But I feel very sorry for the rest of the dogs learning from that charlatin. Can you imagine one of his students reading ...

Blog entry - Aaron Clayton - 2009/09/09 - 12:28pm - 3 comments

Saturday's Training

I hadn't been tracking in a while, so of course I made a big challenge for her, right?  :)  Laid a track that zig-zagged over another dog's track, scented with original track, dog running track, handler, and several people following handler.   ...

Blog entry - Laura VanArendo... - 2009/09/07 - 10:10am - 0 comments

4 Weeks Means 1 Month

... I couldn't remember how long I had been clicker training with my 9 month old lab pup.  He absolutely loves it! I devoured ... there had to be a better way.  I purchased Positive Gun Dogs off this site, & searched through all the other great information ...

Blog entry - kdeckels - 2009/09/23 - 9:54am - 0 comments

Clicking with Kids

In the last three years, as clicker training has become more and more widespread in the dog and horse worlds, many ... I have extensive experience in clicker training dogs (and taught at a club)and horses and a new born piglet (could ...

Story - Karen Pryor - 2006/09/29 - 1:46pm - 4 comments - 0 attachments

Reactivity, Aggression, & Fear, or, "ZOMG ther R stupid ppl online!"

... debate online. Hold on, this does eventually relate to training!  Stay with me a moment. Yesterday this person was retweeting ... take away the word "aggressive" and leave the dogs as they are.  But recognize that the dog does not exist in a vacuum. ...

Blog entry - Laura VanArendo... - 2009/09/07 - 12:25pm - 0 comments