You know the story: a couple of clicks to charge the clicker and then we get sit, lie down, and fetch before anybody gets bored. It looks like magic. With a poorly socialized animal it is a different story - it's a rewarding story, but slow. Once you get the trust, things pick up, but trust has to be built - a few treats don't make up for years of mistrust.
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Winter Storms & Weather
By trainer@canines... on 02/19/2007Actual temperature somewhere below zero Fahrenheit, wind chills well below that, and sheet ice and 15" of snow on the ground. We're not training outside much.
Biology Research on Dog training/ Behavior
By Sanja Miklin on 02/08/2007and again, I have this school project and I would really really appreciate any king of suggestions.
Real Progress
By trainer@canines... on 01/27/2007"And here's the best part -- in all the situations we threw at her, NOT ONCE did Laev get dirty. She performed a clean hold and bark each and every time."
