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Aggression or a Normal Response?

Aggression, Dog Training, Leash Training, Positive Reinforcement, Reaction, Reactive, Socialization / By Judy Moore

Based on their maturity and tolerance, dogs respond to other dogs behaviors in different ways. Let’s be honest, many of you reading this have disagreed with another person, lost your temper, and became angry in response to someones actions.

Consider: Una, a beautiful long haired German Shepherd, loves to play with dogs and has shown friendly behaviors to all the dogs she has ever met. Until last week. As she was running on the beach with a Sheltie she just met, and all was well until she saw a tennis ball go flying over head. Already on the run, Una bolted after the ball, but was immediately body slammed by a Retriever mix who was in hot pursuit of his beloved tennis ball. Upon crashing into each other, Una snarled at the Retriever mix as a reprimand for causing her a bit of pain, Una is six years old. He did not respond to her reprimand, yet remained running at her hip, Una beat him to the ball and snatched it up.

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Drop the Leash, Dog Training Video

Certified Dog Trainer, Clicker, Dog Training, Leash Training, Positive Reinforcement, Puppy / By Judy Moore

Online positive reinforcement dog training video to be watched anywhere, anytime. You will see real dogs with real problems become relaxed and focused while using all positive training techniques. Perfect for families with a new puppy, rescue dog, reactive dog or those fostering a dog who needs some skills to be adopted.
Judy gives you tools so you can Drop The Leash and still keep your dogs focus on you with many distractions nearby. Normally a 6-week course, Judy condensed the information into one video so you can learn at your own pace, anywhere you want!

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Non Food Rewards to Offer Your Dog

Dog Training, Positive Association, Positive Reinforcement, Puppy, Unleashed Control / By Judy Moore

If you reward someone’s behavior when it is occurring, they are more likely to do that behavior again in the future. I wanted to give you some tips to get your dog to do the behaviors you want without always reaching for the treat bag.

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3 Tips to Changing your Dogs Habit

Clicker, Dog Training, Leash Training, Positive Reinforcement, Puppy / By Judy Moore

To change your dogs unwanted habit, you first need to know what your dog loves! Determine a reward that your dog enjoys and is willing to work for. Keep in mind that the same reward may not work for all your dogs. While verbal praise works well for some dogs, it will not work for most dogs.

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Your Dog Bit Me!

Aggression, Dog Training, Dominance, Leash Frustration, Pets, Training / By Judy Moore

Your dog has bitten a friend, stranger or even your own child and everyone is telling you to “euthanize your dog”. First, take a breath and let’s assess the situation and understand why

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Is It Just the Dogs Breed?

Barking, Dog Training, Pets, Positive Association, Puppy, Reaction, Reactive, Rescue Dog, Training / By Judy Moore

Does your hound constantly have her nose to the ground? Is your retriever pup a bit too mouthy? Is your Pyrenees, Chow or Catahoula mix acting a bit growly with strangers? Does your terrier like to grab and shake toys? How about your adorable herder? Ever nipped at anyones heels?

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Bite Prevention with Guests

Aggression, Barking, Certified Dog Trainer, Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement, Reactive, Rescue Dog, Safety / By Judy Moore

This is the fifth of a five part segment, to help dog owners with insecure dogs that act aggressively to strangers. A practical guide to helping owners with dogs who rush and bark at people through windows, fences, at the front door and on leash.

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Dog Bite Prevention

Aggression, Certified Dog Trainer, Dog Training, Reactive, Rescue Dog, Safety, Training / By Judy Moore

In this Blog I will teach you how to prevent your dog from biting a person by helping you understand when your dog is feeling stressed and needs more space from an unfamiliar person. Dogs will offer requests for distance, called distance cues until they learn that their requests go ignored by the human. If they are still afraid, they will simply bite as their fear overrides their ability to think.

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Dog Aggression Towards Humans

Aggression, Barking, Dog Training, Pets, Positive Association, Rescue Dog, Training / By Judy Moore

In my last blog, I mentioned that changing your dogs behavior begins with good management which prevents him from practicing the unwanted behavior.

I will now explain how to change your dog’s response when meeting a stranger, using the processes of counter-conditioning and desensitization. Counter-conditioning means changing the negative association the dog has formed about people, and replacing it with a positive, happy association using something the dog loves. Desensitization means exposing the dog to the “stimulus” (in this case, a person) at a distance, far enough away that it does not provoke a fear response from your dog, and gradually reducing the distance to the person until the dog is relaxed with the person nearby. Subsequent training can continue as your dog remains calm, and is able to accept treats or play with toys.

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3 Tips for Changing Your Dogs Behavior

Barking, Dog Training, Positive Reinforcement, Puppy, Rescue Dog, Socialization, Training / By Judy Moore

There are many ways to get behavior from an animal, for example you can hold your dog down when he jumps up on you, this may work for you, but the negative is that your dog may start barking more when guest arrive. Some dogs will become really wiggly and jumpy with strangers as a way of showing appeasement to the guest to ward off that scary punishment of being held down. This can also make your recall much more

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