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Successful dog training is really about you! In order to be able to train your dog in the best possible way you need to:
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The Dynamics of Being a Changemaker: An Interview with Michele Pouliot
By Julie Gordon on 03/05/2013Editor’s note:
Click and Play: Using Play as a Reinforcer
By Angelica Steinker on 02/01/2013Dogs smile. Just like people, dogs pull the corners of their mouths up high toward their eyes, partially open their mouths, and smile. In 1872, Darwin wrote of the universality of facial expressions in The Expressions of Emotions in Man and Animals. Roughly 130 years later, Dr. Patricia McConnell authored For the Love of a Dog in which she compared human and dog facial expressions using the methods developed by Paul Ekman, the world's leading scientist on the topic. The truth is out: dogs smile, and, of course, experience emotions.
Dog Field Sports: How to Hunt Without Killing Anything
By Jim Barry on 11/01/2012Among the American Kennel Club (AKC) breed groups, the Sporting Group is by far the most popular, and these dogs are bred to hunt. But don't be discouraged if you have one of these great sporting dogs but you're not a hunter. You can choose from a variety of field sports, including both organized and individual activities that will put your dog's talents to good use.
Do You Know a Ball-Crazy Dog? Try Flyball!
By Denise Lacey on 10/01/2012Controlled chaos! Drag racing for dogs! These are some of the phrases used to describe flyball—a relay race for dogs and their humans.
Flyball began in the 1980s as an offshoot of scent hurdling (a sport that was itself started in the 1960s). In scent hurdling, a team of four dogs and handlers races against other teams. The object is to see which team can be the first to send all their dogs over four jumps to retrieve scented dumbbells and return with the correct dumbbell.
