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The "Result Syndrome"
There is an evil that afflicts owners and dog trainers. The evil is called "Result". ...
Read morethe Urals: Training vs. social communication
Dogs are highly sensitive to human voice, and can actually understand much more than we think. ...
Read moreThe positive reinforcement fallacy and its fallouts
If you help the dog and you reinforce the behavior, you are making the dog successful, and you are building a motivation to display that beh...
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Resource guarding: dangerous toys
The control of a resource can be a great strategy to define the terms of a relationship. ...
Read moreThe good shepherd
Arj could feel my anxiety, and she became my ears, my eyes, taking care of Brick during the walk. ...
Read moreThe making of... The Ethogram
I also decided to start my own research about social communication, filming the interactions during communication classes, and analysing the...
Read moreTake a bow. A different understanding of dog’s communication
I can still remember the first time I thought “the play bow isn’t - just - about play, it is used in a competitive-imposing communication”. ...
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The hidden anthropomorphist
Anthropomorphizing is not transforming dogs in something to admire and show off ...
Read moreDogs and coping strategies
An effective coping strategy is an active strategy to reduce the stress level. VIDEO ...
Read moreMonkey versus dog – the art of teaching dogs to chew and pee
The other day, my dog decided to teach me how to wash dishes. I tried to fight it: "We’ve done it for hundreds of years", but it argued that...
Read moreBeyond the click - A "competitive rivalry strategy"
I call it a "Competitive Rivalry Strategy" (or something like that). VIDEO
Educating and training dogs – how to remove unwanted behaviors
Unwanted behaviors open a window to the inner world of the dog, tell me who the dog is, how it sees the world, what it needs, how it feels...
Learning rules
When it comes to dogs, I never stop working. There is always something that puts me in motion, something that inspires me to try, experiment, and to reason and analyze…
What a leash is
Originally, the leash is a tool to control the dog. A dog tied to a leash cannot leave, cannot escape, it must follow us. The leash gives us the power…
My first dog was a perfect dog
My first dog was a perfect dog. Eager to learn, easy to train, no problem behaviour whatsoever. Intelligent, playful, social, with a fantastic recall that at the time I did…
Shaping - learning how to learn
To me, having a puppy at home is always an opportunity to learn, to do better, to explore a new world.
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