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Body Language

Body Language

The Puppy Who Sees Out of Her Nose

By Vicki, 9 months9 months ago
Behavior Modification

Socialization for Your New Show or Sport Puppy

By Chelsea, 2 years2 years ago
Behavior Modification

Dog Having Issues in the Show Ring? Do Something Else!

By Vicki, 2 years2 years ago
Behavior Modification

Introducing the New Puppy to the Resident Dogs

Getting a new puppy is so exciting! All the planning, waiting and preparing come to a head with the bringing home of the puppy. And, while the human family members are excited and prepared, the resident dog(s) in the family may view it differently. Depending on the individual dogs living Read more…

By Vicki, 3 years2 years ago
Body Language

Show Dogs – Happy Performers or Miserable Victims

By Vicki, 3 years2 years ago
Behavior Modification

“I can’t believe he hasn’t tried to bite you”

Over the years as a professional dog trainer and behavior consultant there has been a constant theme of comments that I have received and continue to receive in my work focusing on conformation. I have been told things like, “He never warms up to people as quickly as he has Read more…

By Vicki, 4 years2 years ago
Behavior Modification

Why won’t my dog stay when I ask him to?

One thing that I feel very lucky for is that I learned how to train dogs differently than I train today. I learned to train with more traditional methods and have changed over to methods that are progressive, effective and very dog friendly. I am grateful for this because I Read more…

By Vicki, 4 years2 years ago
Behavior Modification

Obedience training vs. Behavior modification

Today I met with a new client. I am only doing training for show dogs and thought that this was a fearful show dog. It turns out that the dog is not a show dog, but a much loved companion dog who is fearful, but that someone had told her Read more…

By Vicki, 4 years ago
Behavior Modification

Should you ever let the dog win?

One big piece of From Shy to Showy is the commitment to giving the dog “choice”. Particularly in the early stages, whether you are dealing with a dog who is very fearful, shy or even just doesn’t enjoy the ring it is important for the dog to learn that they Read more…

By Vicki, 4 years2 years ago
Behavior Modification

The Little Dogs that Could

THE LITTLE DOGS THAT COULD One of the best parts of my job is that I get to travel around the country teaching people how to train show dogs, handle their show dogs and help shy or fearful show dogs. In order to save the hosts money, I always offer Read more…

By Vicki, 4 years2 years ago

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