File This Under Bad Idea?
Do you Stumble? It’s a handy way to find interesting things in your areas of interest. Sometimes I like what I find. Sometimes, I see things that make me really wonder about pet product makers.
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Great Bait Bag Debate
A few months ago, I saw a discussion on Facebook between a few dog training folks that essentially blamed people who wear bait bags for ruining the reputation of positive reinforcement trainers. Personally, I disagree, but I wanted to open up the debate.
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Fanning the Flames
Maybe I look like I’m holding my breath a lot, but people often remind me to BREATHE amid all the stress that continues unabated, going on 15 months now. I guess that’s why I noticed that Lilly and I got into bellows-like rhythm last week and pretended we were breathing relaxation into both of us.
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Relaxation Protocol Questions Answered
Years after we tackled the Relaxation Protocol ourselves (both the one by Dr. Karen Overall and the one our own behaviorist prescribed), it remains one of the top reasons people come to Champion of My Heart. Pretty neat, huh? So, I decided to revisit a couple of the common questions I get about our Relaxation…
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Dog Recharging Station
Lately, I wish I had one of those charging mats. You know, those things that you just lay your electronics upon and like magic they get charged back up. Maybe I could retool a scat mat. Well, that is, if I had the skill.
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Dog Words I Can Do Without
Perhaps I’m prickly after 15+ months of seemingly endless worry and sadness. (There was another death in the family last week.) BUT, there are a few words used in dog circles or quasi dog circles that I’d be perfectly content never to hear/read again. All of them take root in dominance theory baloney:
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Shock Collar on the Brain
Many of the Never Shock a Puppy coalition members attended BlogPaws West in Denver, back in September. We even enjoyed a team dinner one night. I was so touched that Debbie Jacobs from FearfulDogs.com brought Lilly and Ginko a gift.
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Shaping Success for People and Dogs
One of the things I love so much about positive reinforcement dog training, and clicker training specifically, is how dogs learn to love learning and how brave they become in trying something … anything … new in hopes of finding success. Imagine your life, if you could find that same spirit.
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Burdens Our Dogs Carry
One of our Twitter friends (@IntuitiveBridge) recently lost some followers for essentially saying that we shouldn’t make our dogs emotionally responsible for us. The backlash stemmed from this post about separation anxiety, where Bridget said …
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Changing Pet Insurance Companies
I first met Laura Bennett, who gives genuine hugs and refers to herself as the “chief embracer” from Embrace Pet Insurance, at the original BlogPaws event in April 2010. We had the chance to reconnect at BlogPaws West in Denver in September 2010, where we chatted some about families actually SWITCHING pet insurance companies.