Finding a Trainer, Finding Good Information
Although APDT does not yet have provisions in place to sanction or remove trainers who violate best-practices rules (part of the problem is that there is not currently a universal standard of care in...
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Here are my top-ten favorite reads from 2011 (in alphabetical order). The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker. This sweeping survey by psychology...
View ArticleTired of Leading?
Leonard Cecil is producing a PDF of various applied dog behavior illuminaries stating for the record that they have no interest in being “pack leaders.” The idea originated with Nando Brown and has...
View ArticleWhat Do Owners Want?
MARKET RESEARCH ON PET DOG TRAINING The Academy has enlisted the services of a marketing expert to find out what dog guardians want in pet dog trainers. If you are a trainer, please share the survey...
View ArticleUser-Friendly and Fail-Safe
Housesoiling is always near the top of the list of behavior problems associated with relinquishment. Dogs also take a fair amount of abuse in the name of pottying. I have a current advanced student...
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