Because it matters how we work with our dogs.
[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] Coming to Positive Reinforcement training from more traditional methods is called “crossing over.” It’s not easy to cross over from more familiar and socially …
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[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] Dog trainers are supposed to be teaching their dogs. Eric Brad has found that there is much that the dog can teach the trainer as well. In this installment, Eric …
[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] Is your dog “dominant” or willing to submit? Could you be living with a dog determined to take over and control your household? Dog Trainer Eric Brad looks as his …
[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] For his first column of 2012, Eric Brad challenges his listeners to question what they think they know about dogs. As the Greek philosopher Aristotle once said, “The …
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[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] Some dog trainers use a kind of shorthand when they are describing dogs. Dog trainer Eric Brad thinks that some of those common terms can unfairly shift the …
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[Sassy_Social_Share title="Share it with someone!"] When training dogs, it’s sometimes helpful to prompt them for the behaviour we are looking for. Trainer Eric Brad cautions that “prompts” can be as much a distraction …
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